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26 April 1999

Book Review: An Italian Education, by Tim Parks, *****

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Product Description Tim Parks’s best seller, Italian Neighbors , offered a sparkling, witty, and acutely observed account of an expatriate’...
22 November 1998

Book Review: "Italian Neighbors", by Tim Parks, *****

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Synopsis In this deliciously seductive account of an Italian neighborhood with a statue of the Virgin at one end of the street, a derelic...
19 July 1998

Hot air balloon flight in Belgium

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Today I flew in an hot air balloon for the first time! Got up before dawn and drove to Viller la Ville , just outside Brussels. It is man...
12 April 1998

Book Review/Recensione: "Red Sorghum", by Mo Yan, *****

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ear of red sorghum RECENSIONE IN ITALIANO DI SEGUITO Synopsis A legend in China, where it won the major literary awards and inspire...
24 March 1998

Recensione libro: Il treno della Cina (1995) di Furio Colombo, ***

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Sinossi Un viaggio nella Cina antica e moderna raccontato da un giornalista. "Ho l'impressione, ripensandoci adesso alla fine del v...
22 October 1997

Stopover in Hong Kong on the way to Australia

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click here to see this map in full size Cathay pacific offers me a day room at the hotel by the airport. Landing at this airport is ...
01 September 1996

Book Review/Recensione: I was Amelia Earhart, by Jane Mendelsohn, ****

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Recensione in italiano di seguito From the New York Times, 3 July 1937 Synopsis A fictitious account of Amelia Earhart's las...
23 December 1995

The male dodo: are men necessary? (The Economist, December 1995), *****

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Image of a dodo , an extinct bird This post is a review of a most interesting article published in todays' The Economist. It is not a...
13 December 1995

Film review: Smoke (1995) by Paul Auster, *****

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Synopsis Departing from the conventions of Hollywood story-telling 'Smoke' is constructed like an emotional jigsaw puzzle: piec...
01 November 1994

La Nuova Dimensione della Sicurezza in Europa Orientale

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Versione originale preparata per il CeMiSS, Novembre 1994 Introduzione Dopo la fine della Guerra Fredda, la sicurezza dei paesi dell'Eur...
30 June 1994

The Storyboards of Palau

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While in Micronesia and Palau I bought some woodcarvings. The most important among them is a Palauan storyboard . These are high quality wor...