Life and Death in Shanghai, Nien Cheng's riveting memoir of the horrors and her sufferings during Mao's Cultural Revolution, is a mesmerizing read. I haven’t been to China yet and although one must never say never, I doubt this will happen any time soon, unless perhaps a visit to Hong Kong as a stopover.[caption id="attachment_22816" align="aligncenter"...
Can the history of organized crime help understanding a country and its culture? Certainly, for the dark side represented by crime, whatever the nation, is one of the many aspects defining a country, because everywhere besides the good there's also the bad and, yes, the ugly. There's more than Japan's delicate touchAs an Italian, I grew...
I owe it to Mirella, one of my best and longstanding friends, if I got to know journalist, travel writer and chronicler Tiziano Terzani. A few pages were enough to understand Mirella's enthusiasm towards Terzani's books as well as her admiration for him as a person, for Terzani is one of the most interesting voices...
