«Venezia appena l’ho vista non mi ha fatto nessuna impressione»: Paola Masino e il complesso rapporto con il capoluogo lagunare

From 1938 to 1950 Paola Masino had to follow Massimo Bontempelli in exile in Venice. It was a difficult period for Masino, always linked to her beloved Rome, during which she was unable to accept the lagoon environment. An intolerance transmitted in the various letters addressed to her parents, in which she complains of a certain inability to carry on her creative production. In reality they were years studded with numerous intellectual acquaintances and with the writing of various journalistic texts, without forgetting the publication of her best known novel, Nascita e morte della massaia. The essay, therefore, aims to investigate the relationship established by Paola Masino with Venice, in all its aspects.