GenevaBookClub: Amazing portrait of Italian history during and after the WWII. The story of a woman, Ida Ramundo, and her two sons Antonio (nicknamed "Ninnarieddu", "Ninnuzzu" or "Nino") and Giuseppe ("Useppe") in Rome during and immediately after the WWII Criticized by leftist intellectuals. “The worst violence against men is the degradation of the intellect”. History vs stories. Depiction of a wounded Italy, torn between ideologies, the horror of the war and false myths Realism.