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A Quest to Find the Truth Behind Her Grandmother’s Smile

寻找她祖母微笑背后的真相

A 1941 photograph of Lea Ypi’s grandparents prompted public criticism and a search for answers.

A 1941 photograph of Lea Ypi’s grandparents prompted public criticism and a search for answers.

2025-10-31  1072  晦涩
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As a child, Ypi had often been told by her grandmother that she’d “felt the happiest person alive” on her honeymoon in Cortina. The photo sets Ypi on a quest to discover who Leman really was and how she could have been so happy in the winter of 1941, when Italy was allied with Nazi Germany and war raged in Europe and beyond. Ypi must also reckon with how — and if — she should defend the dignity of her grandmother, who died in 2006. “Indignity: A Life Reimagined” is the author’s attempt to animate these questions.

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