The male protagonist who fakes mental illness to avoid WWII deployment but is sent to the Russian front instead. Listed as missing in action, he survives the war and starts a second family in the Soviet Union with a woman who saved him. Years later, he returns to Italy to ask Giovanna to leave with him, but she refuses. He leaves her a promised fur coat and departs forever.
Deep, enduring romantic bond that survives wartime separation and moral dilemmas.
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