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Zia Suelita e il Progetto del Diavolo, una splendida recensione di Lucia...
Aunt Suelita and the Devil’s Project, a splendid review by Lucia Becchere, L’Ortobene Clicca per leggere tutto Romanzo di ampio respiro Zia Suelita e il progetto del Diavolo (Lascar Publishing) di...
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Nunzia Sibilla. The Queen of the ‘Neapolitan Pastiera’
There is a sensorial shortcut to Resurrection…a sort of perfume & heavenly taste felt when we eat a slice of Pastiera Napoletana prepared by Nunzia Sibilla, with a glass of Prosecco white wine....
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How long will this Europe last?
Draghi’s courage I’m sure that this Europe will not continue for much longer – it is a monster, which I cannot trust and certainly I cannot belong to. I think that an overarching idea of a state (or a...
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Hopscotching Through the Giants of Latin American Literature: Julio...
We’ve been recently ‘travelling’ through some areas of Latin America during our literary journey, thanks to the three book-club sessions held by Ciriaco Offeddu in March. The experience took us first...
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L’altra battaglia di Turbigo
Lannes by Gerard Ricordo un viaggio al museo della battaglia di Spinetta di Marengo (Al) tanti anni fa, in compagnia dell’amico Alfonso Bianchini. Era un posto mal tenuto e impolverato, pur essendo...
View ArticleThe Translation of Poetry as an autonomous Literary Genreby Franco Buffoni
Franco Buffoni (1): “I wonder” asked L. F. Céline in the letter to M. Hindus of May 15th, 1947, “ how can they compare me to Henry Miller, who is translated?, while everything is a question of the...
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An extraordinary initiative with Drunken Boat – articolo in italiano nel seguito
Drunken Boat Drunken Boat (www.drunkenboat.com) is one of the world’s oldest on-line cultural and international journals. It was founded in 1999 by Ravi Shankar, an exquisite artist, poet, translator,...
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What I’m reading right now
My bulimic and schizophrenic way of reading has stacked up four books on my nightstand. They are: Make Me Do Things by Victoria Redel, The Son by Philipp Meyer, Un Caso come gli Altri by Pasquale Ruju,...
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Garibaldi’s Victory of Bezzecca, 150 years Ago and the Story of a Remarkable...
Sgt. John Martin in 1904 Giovanni Crisostomo Martino was born illegitimate at Sala Consilina – a small village in the province of Salerno – and was abandoned by his parents in an orphanage, where he...
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Nuoro merita una visione e una strategia
Ciriaco Offeddu – L’Ortobene, 10 Aprile 2016 Nuoro merita una visione e una strategia L’impressione è che l’articolo pubblicato su L’Ortobene il 10 Aprile sia piaciuto a tanti – ho ricevuto dozzine di...
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Space Exploration or Earth Exploration?
It may seem a boutade but fact is that we know much more about the Cosmos above our head, than on the Earth below our feet and this is, after all, a stark reminder of our great limitations. Large sums...
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The Beauty of the Japanese Tetsubin
My Hada type tetsubin with a copper lid. I normally use a Japanese cast-iron kettle every morning for tea. Drinking water containing a moderate quantity of rust is good for our health. A bit of iron...
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‘Gweilo’: From Memoir to Solo Performance
For many of us, gweilos or gweipos living now in Hong Kong, Martin Booth’s memoir ‘Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood’ has been probably part of our reading list once he was published in 2004, a...
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Vittorio Emanuele Cuniberti. The little-known Italian engineer who changed...
HMS Dreadnaught The HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906, made a strong impression on all people who saw it. The revolutionary features of this ship were two: all cannons were large calibre and a steam...
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Sardinia Drunken Boat 23 – Editor’s statement
Sardinia “Sardinia has a long history of being subject to impressions. The Greeks called it Ichnusa, or footprint—when Zeus created the earth, he gathered the leftover pieces, threw them into the sea,...
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Face and Figura by Joe Alvaro
Another interesting contribution by Joseph James Alvaro: “While reading The Italians (Hooper 2016), I came across some interesting comparisons between the Italian concept of bella figura, and the...
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Io se fossi Dio, If I were God, by Giorgio Gaber, 1982
1982, when there was still in Italy a thinker and intellectual, only one btw, Giorgio Gaber, who was free and not embedded, infiltrated, corrupted, linked, mafioso or a mason. In praise of Giorgio...
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Nuoro merita una visione e una strategia
Ciriaco Offeddu – L’Ortobene, 10 Aprile 2016 L’impressione è che l’articolo pubblicato su L’Ortobene il 10 Aprile sia piaciuto a tanti – ho ricevuto dozzine di chiamate di apprezzamento e di sorpresa –...
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Vittorio Emanuele Cuniberti. The little-known Italian engineer who changed...
HMS Dreadnaught The HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906, made a strong impression on all people who saw it. The revolutionary features of this ship were two: all cannons were large calibre and a steam...
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Sardinia Drunken Boat 23 – Editor’s statement
Sardinia “Sardinia has a long history of being subject to impressions. The Greeks called it Ichnusa, or footprint—when Zeus created the earth, he gathered the leftover pieces, threw them into the sea,...
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