For Fiesole

September 2, 2021 11:31 AM

something happened on that piazza and its various arteries in early August of 1944, which has haunted me from the moment I learned of it.
posted by bq (2 comments total)

I am not sure where I heard it, I think it was an interview with author Alan Furst, (Night Soldiers, etc. etc.,) and I am not sure if it is exactly correct but the observation that during the period best described as the run up to and the actual WW2 in Europe that you had to decide really struck me with a surprising depth of emotion as does the descriptio of this one small event.
posted by Pembquist at 12:19 PM on September 2, 2021 [3 favorites]

Thanks for posting this bq I have visited some parts of Europe where the dead feel very present, palpable.

A vital article for these times.
posted by unearthed at 1:40 PM on September 2, 2021 [2 favorites]