Literature & anywhere near
by Ciriaco Offeddu
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Francesca alla seconda ristampa in due mesiSeptember 16, 2017Il mio libro Francesca e' alla seconda ristampa in poco piu' di due mesi. La cosa mi fa felice.... -
Figli del nostro tempo e del nostro piccolo mondoAugust 28, 2017“Non disturbare,” mi sussurrava il mio mentore strizzando l’occhio. “Stanno tutti scrivendo per il Nobel!” Perché all’università di Hong... -
I colori della narrazione di NuoroAugust 20, 2017Nuoro ha bisogno di essere sognata nuovamente, ripensata e rivisualizzata. La narrazione della nostra città e la sua comunicazione hanno fatto il loro tempo, stanno... -
A Marco Cerina: il Monte è NuoroMay 18, 2017Sempre con affetto antico. Ho letto con ritardo il tuo articolo sulla Nuova Sardegna e, se permetti, vorrei commentarlo... -
Il Gigante Sepolto (The Buried Giant) di Kazuo IshiguroApril 14, 2017Diceva Junot Diaz (mio professore a Hong Kong, premio Pulitzer nel 2008 col suo romanzo La breve favolosa vita... -
Nel Guscio, di Ian McEwanApril 8, 2017Leggo un altro libro di Ian McEwan, dopo il deludentissimo Chesil Beach (si veda la mia recensione del 18... -
Le nostre anime di notte (Our souls at night) di Kent HarufMarch 30, 2017Dopo aver letto Uomo Invisibile di Ralph Ellison e poi, in una lunga settimana, Io sono vivo, voi siete... -
Il nostro default (a fiction story)March 25, 2017Il processo si mette in moto con una tassa patrimoniale. Il debito pubblico nel 2017 ha continuato a salire... -
Il bisogno di caritas (non solo a livello locale)March 22, 2017I miei precedenti articoli su L’Ortobene hanno toccato i temi della visione, della strategia e in ultimo della metodologia... -
Raccolta miei articoli su L'Unione Sarda dal 12.12.2016 al 18.3.2017March 18, 2017L'addio forzato alla Sardegna - Poverta' diffusa ed emigrazione - 29 dicembre 2016. Il mio amico, chirurgo, dirige da trent’anni... -
L’età del pessimismoFebruary 21, 2017Ogni analisi storico-politica non può che essere limitata, parziale. Eppure, se condotta con onestà intellettuale, serve per dischiudere prospettive... -
Creative Writing in Hong Kong and NuoroJanuary 15, 2017Today, in the first creative-writing course held in Nuoro, Sardinia, there are 18 participants divided between two classes. The... -
Sella & Mosca e Caddu NighedduDecember 17, 2016Foto collezione signora Mura Una delle cose che maggiormente sconcertano in Sardegna è l’acquiescenza. Ho già abbondantemente scritto del fenomeno... -
Raccolta miei commenti su L'Unione Sarda sino al 12-12-2016December 12, 2016La piaga sarda dei Gratta e Vinci – Un giorno in una tabaccheria a Nuoro – 6 dicembre 2016 Entro...
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Sul referendum e ben oltreDecember 7, 2016Cameron, Obama, Merkel, Hollande, Renzi Mi rivolgo a lettori intelligenti, indipendentemente dal loro credo e dalla croce posta nel segreto... -
Siamo nuovamente noi gli extracomunitari (con tutto il rispetto)November 11, 2016Lasciatemi esprimere il sentimento che mi ha accompagnato in questi giorni a Hong Kong e Singapore: la sensazione che... -
La psicologia dello schiavo (e il caso Ciampi)September 19, 2016Parlavamo con Antonello, andando verso Dorgali, e mi diceva di aver notato, nei paesi dell’Europa settentrionale dove ha vissuto,... -
The statue of Christ the Redeemer, Mount Ortobene, Nuoro, SardiniaSeptember 17, 2016Pope Leo XIII, wanting to commemorate the 1900 Holy Jubilee Year with a legacy that would last long into... -
La Teologia del Cinghiale di Gesuino NémusSeptember 15, 2016Caro Gesuino Némus, ti comunico, con profonda e meditata amarezza, che il tuo meraviglioso libro La Teologia del Cinghiale non... -
La confusione del rinnegatoSeptember 7, 2016Un altro bellissimo scritto da Berlino di Lino De Palmas: "Tagliavano l'impasto a fette, le arrotolavano ad una ad una,... -
Thank you for your interest, please step asideAugust 24, 2016Another interesting contribution by Joseph James Alvaro: "This is the case-study of a dilemma in two stages. The first... -
Non farò parte delle Celebrazioni Deleddiane - Renuncio a los honores; no renuncio a la lucha (*)August 24, 2016Foto di 'Cronache Nuoresi' - L'informazione online di Nuoro e del nuorese Caro Sebastian, mi permetto questa volta di mettere... -
Statua di Grazia Deledda - a Sebastian CoccoAugust 17, 2016Caro Sebastian, Alcuni temi riportati nella presente lettera sono stati forse inglobati nella breve chiacchierata che abbiamo avuto avant'ieri alla... -
BancarottaAugust 5, 2016I bilanci delle aziende – dice il Codice Civile – devono essere redatti in forma strettamente cautelativa, perché rappresentativi... -
In memoria del mio amico Hung DerAugust 2, 2016Hung Der era nato in un povero villaggio del Guandong, la provincia meridionale della Cina che circonda l’estuario del... -
Celebrazioni Deleddiane 2016, 28 Luglio, giorno uno.July 30, 2016Infine, penso che gli elementi che dobbiamo attentamente sorvegliare siano i seguenti: Gli obiettivi che ci proponiamo. Un piano senza... -
Nuoro: strategia e neorealismoJuly 17, 2016Riporto intanto il veloce commento su FB di Felice Corda al post Mio articolo su L’Ortobene di questa settimana:... -
Che cosa è la giovinezza?June 29, 2016Luca Urgu, giornalista dell’Unione Sarda, porta un soffio di quel Maestrale che dalla costa occidentale della Sardegna risale l’altipiano... -
Come coinvolgere le scuoleJune 13, 2016Qualcuno, non ricordo chi, scusate, chiedeva su Facebook come poter coinvolgere le scuole nel processo di trasformazione di Nuoro.... -
Coming BackJune 3, 2016Entering Italy, coming back from abroad, is always a strange thing. At first, there is this strong feeling that... -
Tavola rotonda sulle traduzioni delle opere di Grazia DeleddaMay 11, 2016Il Punto - Radio Barbagia - FM 91.9 NUORO, 4 Maggio 2016 Don Francesco Mariani Ciriaco Offeddu Joseph James Alvaro Sebastian Cocco Angelo Paratico -
Io se fossi Dio, If I were God, by Giorgio Gaber, 1982April 30, 20161982, when there was still in Italy a thinker and intellectual, only one btw, Giorgio Gaber, who was free... -
Face and Figura by Joe AlvaroApril 27, 2016Another interesting contribution by Joseph James Alvaro: "While reading The Italians (Hooper 2016), I came across some interesting comparisons between...
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Sardinia Drunken Boat 23 - Editor's statementApril 25, 2016Sardinia "Sardinia has a long history of being subject to impressions. The Greeks called it Ichnusa, or footprint—when Zeus created... -
Nuoro merita una visione e una strategiaApril 18, 2016Ciriaco Offeddu - L'Ortobene, 10 Aprile 2016 L’impressione è che l’articolo pubblicato su L’Ortobene il 10 Aprile sia piaciuto a... -
An extraordinary initiative with Drunken Boat – articolo in italiano nel seguitoApril 8, 2016Drunken Boat Drunken Boat (www.drunkenboat.com) is one of the world’s oldest on-line cultural and international journals. It was founded in... -
How long will this Europe last?March 29, 2016Draghi’s courage I’m sure that this Europe will not continue for much longer – it is a monster, which I... -
Zia Suelita e il Progetto del Diavolo, una splendida recensione di Lucia Becchere, L’OrtobeneMarch 24, 2016Aunt Suelita and the Devil’s Project, a splendid review by Lucia Becchere, L’Ortobene Clicca per leggere tutto Romanzo di ampio respiro Zia... -
About Sardinia and Grazia DeleddaMarch 11, 2016Here is a new article by Lucia Becchere, L’Ortobene, Marzo 2016: Clicca per leggere tutto Ciriaco Offeddu ingegnere, scrittore, fondatore e presidente... -
Fascism and Morning Coffee by Giuseppe AlvaroMarch 6, 2016An interesting contribution by Joseph James Alvaro (*): "These days, the words fascist and fascism have gained a new life... -
‘Canne al Vento’ or ‘Reeds in the Wind’? In italiano il commento finaleFebruary 25, 2016I got down to the very serious business of reading Reeds in the Wind, the translation into English of... -
We can work it outFebruary 23, 2016So, on Saturday 20 February, in Nuoro, we presented the new cultural association Beyond Thirty-Nine Sezione Nuoro and my... -
Sardegna alla deriva e senza bussola, by Massimo CrivelliFebruary 18, 2016Un interessante e profondo contributo da parte di Massimo Crivelli, ex Vice Direttore dell'Unione Sarda e attuale columnist: "In... -
Beyond Thirty-Nine and SardiniaFebruary 11, 2016In 2014, after the incredible success of the 30 May at the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences –... -
Three Easy PiecesJanuary 30, 2016My book ranking. While organising my new bookshelves, out of curiosity, I tried to find a method of understanding my... -
Don’t kill my pastasciuttaJanuary 18, 2016I always say that in Singapore I usually eat better than in Hong Kong, especially Italian cuisine – not... -
2015: Our figures, our deedsJanuary 1, 2016In 2015, our cultural platform peaked with a huge number of more than 4,972,000 hits in the year (which... -
A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy TooleDecember 14, 2015John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969) messed me up some. I didn’t know him, even if I’m slowly trying to retrace... -
Santo Agostinho e "anjo dos leprosos" chegam ao cinema e televisãoDecember 13, 2015Uma longa-metragem dedicada à vida de Santo Agostinho (354-430) está a ser preparada no âmbito de uma coprodução entre... -
Economia (nostra) e Finanza (loro)November 26, 2015Scommetto che non avete notato (era sfuggito anche a me) l’ultimo discorso del presidente della Banca Centrale Europea, il... -
Long Live the Book ClubNovember 22, 2015I confess that I’m really hit by the recent events and by the reaction of so many people. The... -
Father Nicosia, the Angel of the LepersNovember 11, 2015Cardinal Zen Straordinario successo e commovente partecipazione per la prima proiezione ufficiale a Hong Kong del documentario 'Father Nicosia, the... -
Ring Roads, by Patrick ModianoNovember 9, 2015Patrick Modiano is a French novelist and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014. The cover... -
The Literary Galtellì Prize - commentsNovember 3, 2015I’d like to comment the Literary Galtellì Week and Prize through the words written by some of our guests.... -
The Galtellì Literary Prize e Father Nicosia, the Angel of the Lepers: in partenza dalla Sardegna, prime riflessioni a caldoOctober 29, 2015Dopo un intero mese in Sardegna, eccomi qui stranito all’aeroporto di Olbia, sentendo ancora una volta di non essere... -
The Galtellì Literary Week: The CalendarSeptember 27, 2015To read or download the calendar click on the image below. It will be a very intensive and compelling... -
The Galtellì Literary Prize: the finalists and an article by La Donna SardaSeptember 23, 2015The literary week in Galtellì, from 19 to 24 October 2015, is likely to become a pivotal event for Sardinian... -
Father Nicosia, the Angel of the Lepers, by Beyond Thirty-NineSeptember 20, 2015When the last notes of the soundtrack of the documentary Father Nicosia, the Angel of the Lepers faded, at... -
Aunt Suelita and the Devil's Project on "La Nuova Sardegna"September 14, 2015Blog d'Autore di Luciano Piras (CLICK to visit) On "La Nuova Sardegna' Blog D'Autore, @ddurudduru, by Luciano Piras, you can... -
At-Sunrice, Advancing Culinary Arts and the F&B profession with integrity and meaningAugust 30, 2015Dr Kwan Lui, Ciriaco Offeddu and Michela Offeddu Professor Ray Pine, Dean, Faculty of Management and Hospitality Technological & Higher... -
The Call of Love by Anne TeohAugust 29, 2015Let me first say that I was happy reading The Call of Love, starting from the dedication to “books... -
From the Singapore Review of Books - Desde Hong KongAugust 20, 2015"An unexpected collection, both in purpose and origin, Desde Hong Kong has turned out to be a surprising achievement. First, the... -
Aunt Suelita and the Devil’s Project by Ciriaco Offeddu – Lascar PublishingAugust 18, 2015Here are the synopses of my novel, in English and Italian. In the same book you will find both... -
The centre and the periphery - “Mezzogiorno, è sempre colpa degli altri?”August 12, 2015Let’s consider a company again, for any type of industry. But let’s imagine that it has a centre, for... -
Round up of ‘ Search for Timothy Mo’ : Come back into the fold. The third article by Anne Teoh for Beyond Thirty-NineAugust 10, 2015The shouts of several reviewers that “ Timothy Mo is Missing,” led to the research for these three articles.... -
The Galtellì Literary Prize’s finalists and shortlisted authorsAugust 5, 2015We are very happy to communicate the names of the finalists and shortlisted writers. Finalists (in alphabetical order) Writers in English Writers... -
An update on The Galtellì Literary PrizeAugust 3, 2015We received almost 200 submissions from 22 countries in the world: Australia, Canada, Cameroon, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong,... -
Sardinia - let’s stop the criminal decisions (*) and change directionAugust 1, 2015Let me help you discover Sardinia. I know many of you already know about this country. Many of you... -
THEi University in Sardinia – Another great achievement of Beyond Thirty-NineJuly 28, 2015Providing a complete view and new insights into the Sardinian structure of Management and Hospitality Industry, including the University... -
Interview with Anne Teoh on her first book, “The Call of Love”, recently publishedJuly 22, 2015Anne Teoh wrote two interesting articles on Beyond Thirty-Nine 'in search for Timothy Mo', which garnered a huge appreciation... -
Follow Up of ‘Search for Timothy Mo’ - The second article by Anne Teoh for Beyond Thirty-NineJuly 15, 2015Anne Teoh In May I wrote an article voicing the concern of many readers, critics and lecturers intimate with the... -
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanJune 18, 2015Reading On Chesil Beach consoled me. Despite its presentation as ‘another masterwork from Ian McEwan’ and his credentials from... -
The Buried Giant by Kazuo IshiguroJune 12, 2015“The book you are going to write must have a well-defined target reader,” Junot Díaz said. I remember his... -
The Search for Missing Timothy Mo - An article by Anne Teoh for Beyond Thirty-NineJune 1, 2015Anne Teoh I was alerted late, in 2015, to renew my reading of Timothy Mo’s amazing development since Monkey King...
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Why don’t we have Le French May?May 20, 2015In my last article, Vision versus Utopia, I wrote: ‘What is the vision of Italy for the next fifteen... -
Vision versus UtopiaMay 13, 2015Sir Thomas More - Saint Thomas More Consider a company, no matter what industry it belongs to. Before looking at... -
I am a mutant, a short story by Camila ObertoMay 6, 2015I am a mutant, I know well. A combination of genes that is different from that of my remote... -
Let me introduce the international jury of the The Galtellì Literary PrizeMay 1, 2015We are honoured and very proud of the selection panel members. They are all famous writers and scholars from different... -
Celebrating Grazia Deledda - The Galtellì Literary PrizeApril 22, 2015The village of Galtellì, Sardinia, is launching an international prose contest dedicated to the great Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda,...
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Our figures, our deedsApril 20, 2015Sir Ernest Shackleton with members of the Nimrod expedition party (1907) In March 2015, our cultural platform peaked with a... -
Le Ore di Spagna (The Time spent in Spain) by Leonardo SciasciaApril 12, 2015While reading Le Ore di Spagna (The Time Spent in Spain) by Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989), I thought of Elvis... -
The reason why - dedicated to Sharmistha MohantyApril 9, 2015They left. And I’m here, at 7.30 am, sitting on the white marble stairs, which are cold under my... -
'Our' Leonardo Da VinciMarch 31, 2015After the event of February (the Sardinian tenors in Hong Kong) and the publication on the first B39 book,... -
Reflecting on Meaningful Connections, by Barbara Dalle PezzeMarch 23, 2015We received an interesting article from Barbara Dalle Pezze, a wonderful friend who always supported the initiatives and the... -
A book and a column by Weili FanMarch 11, 2015Weili Fan was one of the participants of the writing retreat in Sardinia, in October 2014, and I was... -
Writing First – Beyond Thirty-NineMarch 2, 2015We are so proud of our first published book. The collection of articles has significant value and is truly... -
Soumission, by Michel HouellebecqFebruary 24, 2015I ordered and read Soumission in French, one of the first editions, or rather a volume of a limited... -
Ciao Asmara, by Justin HillFebruary 18, 2015I didn’t want to die, but I was dying. For the second of three times during a recovery that... -
A moving letter from SardiniaFebruary 10, 2015I received this letter from Enrico Poddie, who has just returned to Nuoro, Barbagia, Sardinia. Enrico is sa mezzuboche,... -
Where is Sardinia?February 8, 2015As we anticipated, the concert has been a wonderful, incredible success. An hour before the show started, there was... -
Thank you, PetraeusJanuary 31, 2015I would like to thank publicly the highly decorated four-star general David Howell Petraeus. His military CV is impressive:... -
The Sound and the Fury and The Grapes of Wrath againJanuary 25, 2015I read The Sound and the Fury and The Grapes of Wrath again. I needed to hear William Faulkner’s... -
Federico Caffè: an unheeded lesson, for nowJanuary 17, 2015Federico Caffè (1914–?) was a great Italian economist and mentor of many academics, politicians and pre-eminent leaders of present-day... -
Grazia Deledda Tenors in Hong KongJanuary 10, 2015Beyond Thirty-Nine, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Hong Kong and Macau, which is the organizer of... -
2015 then – Thomas Piketty’s search for different keys of understandingJanuary 3, 2015I read that Thomas Piketty wonders why Italy must pay 6% of its GDP to repay the interests of... -
Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, Grazia Deledda, etc.December 26, 2014In 2014, Beyond Thirty-Nine talked about Girolamo Cardano, Brian Castro, Jonathan Chaves, Jacques de Coutre, Leonardo Da Vinci, Grazia... -
The Interview: a new Pueblo’s story again?December 20, 2014A film that, according to some critics, ‘is not a film I would normally rush to see’, is becoming... -
El Greco, Myth and Reality, by Juan José MoralesDecember 1, 2014While the movie El Greco was reaching its conclusion on the evening of 27 November, I was wondering why... -
The army of the annoying citizensNovember 21, 2014I have just returned to Hong Kong, after my second business trip to Italy in two months. And only... -
Montblanc Award to Ciriaco OffedduNovember 13, 2014Fabio Rosas and Ciriaco Offeddu On 7 November 2014, in Nuoro, Sardinia, at the historic library of the Istituto Regionale... -
Romance. A new, hilarious and politically incorrect comedy.November 7, 2014Romance (click to read) Article by Nicole Garbellini: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet's ROMANCE is an uproarious, take-no-prisoners courtroom comedy... -
After Marzia: The Virtual SurveyorNovember 5, 2014I have to say I feel embarrassed even now, recalling my eight months of impotency. I was sixteen, it... -
Beyond Thirty-Nine exceeds 435,000 hits in the month of OctoberOctober 29, 2014In the present month of October 2014, our cultural platform reached its historical top with the huge number of... -
Che vergogna essere Italiani!October 15, 2014Scrivo in italiano, per decenza, ma trovate nel seguito una lettera di reclamo, in inglese, che riporto integralmente. La... -
MacArthur: another falling star/myth?October 1, 2014Maybe you don’t know the National Library in Singapore. It is a splendid building near Bugis Junction. For me,... -
His MotherSeptember 22, 2014“When looking at my son, I feel only a bit ambivalent. I know that I have missed the opportunity... -
Ernst Haeckel and his recapitulation theorySeptember 19, 2014When approaching Haeckel (1834–1919), you discover that he was complicated – and maybe this is the reason for his... -
Marzia, from MarsSeptember 14, 2014We have to go back to 1963 and zoom in on the ‘crime scene:’ southern Europe, Mediterranean Sea, Italy.... -
Timothy Findley and Leonardo Da Vinci – PilgrimSeptember 5, 2014I could say that I decided to read this novel, Pilgrim, because I was attracted by the number and... -
Letter to a grandchildSeptember 3, 2014I read this moving and deep letter, written by Lino De Palmas, in the newspaper La Nuova Sardegna, @Ddurudduru... -
Why we were so fond of booksAugust 29, 2014You can ask why we were so fond of books. You are right. My father, my mother, my sister... -
The acid test of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by William ShakespeareAugust 24, 2014A friend of mine, in good faith, told me once that I was not able to write a good... -
The revolt of Terranova against the Savoy governmentAugust 21, 2014A friend of mine, so far anonymous, sent me a sheet from a newspaper I didn’t know, called A... -
Ursula Andress & NugoroAugust 19, 2014To explain the framework, back then in Nugoro there was only one cinema, small and warm, called Il Pidocchietto,... -
Beyond Thirty-Nine exceeds 210,000 hits in the month of JulyAugust 9, 2014In the last month of July 2014, our beloved cultural platform reached its historical top with the huge number...
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Is honour still a value?August 6, 2014A hundred years ago, WW1 exploded. Today it is difficult to say why such an incredible event occurred. It... -
Shakespeare at King’s College Fellows’ GardenAugust 2, 2014Seven hundred people gathered in the wonderful park behind King’s College in Cambridge to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream... -
Angelo Paratico speaks about Leonardo da VinciJuly 29, 2014Angelo wrote a very interesting piece about Leonardo Da Vinci in the Corriere della Sera, in the blog ‘La... -
Indian Summer, by Alex von Tunzelmann: fiction and non-fictionJuly 23, 2014As you know, one of the recurrent discussions in literature concerns these two categories, fiction and non-fiction, and their... -
Without music, life would be a mistake - Friedrich NietzscheJuly 20, 2014We have received many messages of congratulation – the appearance of Radio B39 was a great surprise to all... -
Radio, someone still loves you!July 14, 2014Beyond Thirty-Nine is launching its radio today, 14 July of the year of grace 2014. Before adding any comments,... -
Don’t stockpile your brain away; don’t bring it to storage (non portare il cervello all’ammasso)July 10, 2014Let me tell you a story. António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (1874 – 1955), better known as... -
Beyond Thirty-Nine exceeds 175,000 hits in the month of JuneJuly 6, 2014In the last month of June 2014 our cultural platform reached its historical peak with the incredible number of... -
About the article ‘A contemporary reading of The Mother’ by Gianni CrivellerJuly 3, 2014Dear Gianni, thank you for your contribution. I appreciated so much your speeches at the Macau and Hong Kong... -
Successo a Cagliari per la Turandot di Giacomo Puccini. Tutto esaurito. Ovazione per Sciola.June 29, 2014L'Unione Sarda, 29 Giugno 2014: Grande successo e tutto esaurito ieri sera al Teatro Lirico di Cagliari per la... -
Let me introduce Pinucccio Sciola and his ‘sound stones’June 23, 2014“Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone. ‘But which is the stone that supports the bridge?’ Kublai Khan asks. ‘The... -
Doha, June 2014June 10, 2014Someone told us that the best restaurant in Doha is Di Capri, in the La Cigale Hotel, and so... -
After the events of MayJune 1, 2014Still astonished by the incredible success of the 30th of May at the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences... -
‘Canne al Vento’ or ‘Reeds in the Wind’?May 25, 2014I got down to the very serious business of reading 'Reeds in the Wind', the translation in English of...
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Sardinia Overseas Retreat - October 2014May 6, 2014Just received from Ms Xu Xi: "To all MFA students & alumni. This October, the MFA will be offering... -
Our path, our results, our newsletterApril 26, 2014Newsletter Beyond Thirty-Nine is sailing around the world pushed by its incredible achievements: about 120,000 hits, 6,000 unique friends and... -
“La Nuova Sardegna” 23/4/2014 – Luciano Piras speaks about the event on 2 April 2014April 23, 2014“Books and theatre in Hong Kong – The silent movie “Cenere” conquests Asia. The next steps: at the end... -
Gabriel García Márquez, Gabo, el maestro, has died.April 18, 2014BBC News: “Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died in Mexico aged 87, his family says. Garcia... -
Flesh & Wax, by Alessandro RivaApril 13, 2014Sardinia’s culture doesn’t exist. For decade after decade, so long and painful, and over dramatic centuries the embedded scholars... -
About the event on 2 April 2014 – ‘Cenere’ in Hong KongApril 5, 2014Forty-eight hours with a high temperature and cold helped to give this very recent event a kind of detachment,... -
Do you know Andrea Parodi?March 31, 2014Last week I met a delegation of Italian entrepreneurs. They were visiting Asia, and the first stop of their... -
Sardinia is home to a surprising number of sensitive peopleMarch 25, 2014Drop by and join us. The screening of the silent film Cenere on 2 April 2014 will be an... -
Sardinian History & Grazia DeleddaMarch 20, 2014We can discuss about the aim, the goal of literature, whether it is ‘the truth’ or ‘beauty’. And we... -
Sardinian History – Who were the Savoy?March 7, 2014Sa bagassa ‘e Pio Nono, ‘that whore of Pope Pius IX’, is a habitual curse in Nuoro, even now,... -
Let me introduce Nicole GarbelliniFebruary 27, 2014We are preparing Grazia Deledda’s next presentations in Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing. Among engaging lectures, films and a... -
Sardinian History – The glorious nineteenth centuryFebruary 24, 2014Two of the most important pillars in the creation of an empire or a kingdom, and so crucial cornerstones... -
Sardinian History – Arrivano i Piemontesi, The Piedmontese arriveFebruary 18, 2014There is an unstated question, which disturbingly hovers in the background of our history. Why did Barbagia finally surrender... -
Sardinian History – Towards the Modern PeriodFebruary 15, 2014There are two turning points to recall first—I risk becoming pedantic, I know, but some events are really historical... -
Sardinian History – The Middle AgesFebruary 7, 2014Some characteristics of the Sardinians—and especially of Barbagia’s populace—are now becoming clearer and have more consistency. The path toward... -
Sardinian History - The Roman AgeFebruary 4, 2014Before carrying on with the history, what I want to underline is the metaphysical aspect of the account, or... -
Sardinian History – The Stone and the Bronze AgeJanuary 23, 2014After my last two articles, “My Grazia Deledda” and “D. H. Lawrence and Grazia Deledda”, I received dozens of... -
D. H. Lawrence & Grazia Deledda - the translation of the article into ItalianJanuary 16, 2014E’ sempre affascinante scoprire un autore attraverso gli occhi di un altro grande artista. L’intera costruzione della recensione può... -
D. H. Lawrence & Grazia DeleddaJanuary 13, 2014It is always fascinating to see an author trough the eyes of another great artist. Often the entire construction...
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Beyond Thirty-Nine exceeds 120,000 hits in the month of DecemberJanuary 11, 2014Also in the last month of December – which usually isn’t the best period for websites and blogs –...
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La mia Grazia Deledda - the translation of the last article into ItalianJanuary 7, 2014Devo confessare che di Grazia Deledda io sono orfano, caro Juan. Quando sono nato io, a Nuoro, la città... -
My Grazia Deledda - the complete articleJanuary 4, 2014I have to say I’m an orphan of Grazia Deledda, dear Juan. When I was born, in Nuoro, the...
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My Grazia Deledda - part 2January 2, 2014Grazia Deledda has been buried and erased because she preserved, well-written, the relics of a millenarian culture, described the...
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My Grazia Deledda - part 1January 2, 2014I have to say I’m an orphan of Grazia Deledda, dear Juan. When I was born, in Nuoro, the...
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La Nuova Sardegna 19/12/2013 - Luciano Piras interviews Ciriaco OffedduDecember 21, 2013Ciriaco Offeddu, from Barbagia to Milano and then to Hong Kong. He is interviewed by Luciano Piras, a writer... -
“Reading and Discrimination,” by Denys ThompsonDecember 17, 2013“What is the use of a wounded German, anyway? He goes into hospital and the next thing that happens... -
"Rinascere a Gerusalemme - We are all born in Jerusalem," By Gianni CrivellerDecember 14, 2013By Gianni Criveller, Hong Kong, December 2013: "Sei mesi sabbatici nella terra di Gesù per ritrovarsi al centro della “geografia... -
Hong Kong and Grazia DeleddaDecember 7, 2013Luciano Piras, a writer and journalist of "La Nuova Sardegna," posted this article in his blog @ddurudduru. "Grazia Deledda... -
Beyond Thirty-Nine exceeds 110,000 hits in a monthDecember 5, 2013After less than one year from the launch, our website, cultural platform, beloved blog reached the incredible number of...
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ApacheDecember 1, 2013A friend of mine, Mauro, coming from Italy, tells me: “We are not longer the cowboys living in a frontier... -
“Five movements in praise,” by Sharmistha MohantyNovember 22, 2013Sharmistha Mohanty is an exquisite, very original and strong writer. There is nothing given for granted either in her... -
A Reflection on Zhalan, a cemetery in Beijing where illustrious Italians restNovember 16, 2013By Gianni Criveller, Hong Kong, November 11, 2013: "A visitor who travels to Beijing might not expect to find a cemetery... -
“Lettere dal Mondo,” letters from the world, by Gianni CrivellerOctober 29, 2013Gianni Criveller (*) is a strange phenomenon; believe me. One year ago, I met him in Hong Kong. We... -
Our lunch, a new beginningOctober 19, 2013I caught the ferry that was almost empty, in that afternoon half hot and half autumnal, and I started... -
Roberto Orsi: article of the 8th of OctoberOctober 11, 2013With high bitterness, I’m going to post the article “The Demise of Italy and the Rise of Chaos,” by... -
Le procédé de la mise en abyme dans “Les Faux-Monnayeurs” d’André Gide,” by Artur K. WardegaOctober 7, 2013I don’t want to talk specifically about André Gide. Just last week, I’ve read the splendid chapter “Portrait of... -
The King of Tavolara – 5September 29, 2013To continue the story of the king of Tavolara, you have to visualize Turin now, and I can suggest... -
“The Headmaster’s Wager,” by Vincent LamSeptember 23, 2013The book first. The physical book, I mean, which is a splendid volume published by Anchor Canada. The cover... -
The King of Tavolara - 4September 16, 2013Going back to the second half of the nineteenth century, who in Italy cared about a naïve act made... -
The King of Tavolara – The photo of Carlo ISeptember 14, 2013Luigi Offeddu sent me the photo of Carlo I Bertoleoni, the second King of Tavolara after his father Giuseppe. My... -
The King of Tavolara - 3September 10, 2013Going back to the story of the Kingdom of Tavolara, we can imagine the meeting between Charles Albert, the... -
My cousin is backSeptember 3, 2013I received a considerate and welcome letter from my cousin, Luigi Offeddu, after some years of distance. Picking up... -
The King of Tavolara - 2August 28, 2013Giuseppe Bertoleoni (1778 – 1849) was a smart and farsighted shepherd who moved from the northern part of Sardinia,... -
The King of TavolaraAugust 24, 2013Spring in Sardinia is always wonderful, astonishing. But that day of May 1900, the bay from Terranova (the modern... -
Status of CrisisAugust 20, 2013I’m trying too to move from the particular—this atmosphere of stagnation, this crowd of unemployed people, the flood of... -
“Olive Kitteridge,” by Elisabeth StroutAugust 12, 2013Can I start my comments quoting Leonardo Sciascia? In his book “Il teatro della memoria – La sentenza memorabile,”... -
Tomorrow, in September, we will seeAugust 8, 2013A terrace that faces a town; it doesn’t matter which Sardinian town is. Low houses up to the sea;... -
“The Dreams of Italo Calvino,” by Jonathan Galassi - 2August 4, 2013This is the second comment about the article “The Dreams of Italo Calvino,” by Jonathan Galassi who speaks about... -
“Back to the future”July 31, 2013So I’m here, and Sardinia seems strange to me, green like Ireland because of the unusual rains of this... -
“The Dreams of Italo Calvino,” by Jonathan Galassi - 1July 30, 2013Angelo keeps feeding me with books, articles, and documents. His precious kindness helped me also during my return to... -
To be blessed with simplicityJuly 24, 2013“Long before you and I were born there reigned, in a country a great way off, a King who... -
Still raining in Hong KongJuly 19, 2013Today I can speak about the landscape that an unknown desperate artist drew: it was one of my father’s... -
July 15, 2013: Graduated from the City University of Hong KongJuly 17, 2013Master in Creative Writing. I’m very happy about my hard achievement and I’d like to share with you my evaluation...
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Vespa or Lambretta?July 14, 2013You cannot imagine how important is this question. According to the researches of some prestigious universities—of which I don’t... -
Italian Emigration over the yearsJuly 8, 2013The article “Roberto Saviano is wrong, again…” by my friend Angelo Paratico touches sensitive heartstrings and flings open a... -
“La dos cenizas,” by Ángeles MastrettaJuly 1, 2013There is a flower in this dry path of writers without any sensibility, soul, and charitas. I hiked a... -
Perspectives are everythingJune 28, 2013Rome, February 1980. Twenty-three minutes of meeting, in some anonymous room of a gloomy Minister past the Tevere River.... -
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, City University of HKJune 24, 2013My wonderful MFA in Creative Writing is nearly over. After two years, precious, hard, sometimes unhappy, often revolutionary, pregnant,... -
“Nostalgia,” by Juan José MoralesJune 20, 2013Dear Juan, I’d like to start considering the writing craft of your article because the content is more difficult,... -
Riccardo Tamai kindly sent this letterJune 15, 2013"- Four years ago. If I realize that four years have already flown away since my first day in Asia,... -
The terrific power of ImaginationJune 9, 2013A world without imagination is a desolate land, a forced scenography, and an undesirable, dreadful dream. Since the very... -
Luis Francia is not BelialJune 4, 2013I’m still learning, and paying a great price for it, how many earth’s colours and tones and timbres the... -
There isn’t a border between the truth and untruthMay 28, 2013I know that you can easily read the essay “On the Decay of the Art of Lying” by Mark... -
Celebrating three years in Hong Kong todayMay 22, 2013You can speak of a frame of mind, or about a land or a city when you are far... -
“The Piano Teacher,” by Janice Y.K. LeeMay 19, 2013Strange days in Milan back then. I was packing my stuff, with the ticket to Hong Kong already in... -
“Private Island,” by Genevieve YimMay 15, 2013Genevieve, my friend and colleague at HK MFA, sent me a letter that is reportage, an essay, and a... -
Culture vs KnowledgeMay 9, 2013About the concept of ‘culture,’ the Oxford Dictionary says that this noun means “the arts and other manifestations of... -
Chen Shaoxing, an avant-garde Chinese artistMay 4, 2013I didn’t know Chen Shaoxiong. I saw one of his artworks concerning Venice and I was attracted by the... -
“Executing the sentence, behind the scenes of Moro’s kidnapping, Rome 1978"April 29, 2013Last week, during a trip to Singapore, I found this book (“Eseguendo la sentenza, Roma 1978, Dietro le quinte... -
“Wheels,” by Kwame DawesApril 23, 2013Yes, I have to say that the concept of ‘Non Fiction’ preceded by the adjective ‘Creative’ is for me... -
Italian Classical Music in Hong Kong - I Solisti VenetiApril 19, 2013I Solisti Veneti I'd like to thank Riccardo Tamai for this great result. The organization of this wonderful event is... -
"The Writing Life," by Annie DillardApril 14, 2013About dissatisfaction, now. I go for a walk with my dogs (searching for peace: no way). I discuss boring... -
Www.sardegnaintreno.it - Sardinia by trainApril 5, 2013If you plan to visit Sardinia, I suggest you forget cars and catch a train, especially for the ride... -
“Sabbaths, W.I.” by Derek Walcott, Nobel prize in Literature 1992April 2, 2013"Those villages stricken with the melancholia of Sunday… those volcanoes like ashen roses, or the incurable sore of poverty… those hillsides like... -
Perspective, The CityU MFA’s NewsletterMarch 30, 2013I received the March 2013 Issue of the newsletter “Perspectives”. There is a list of MFA Alumni and MFA... -
"Toxic Flora," by Kimiko HahnMarch 28, 2013Speaking about form and substance, I must say I love Kimiko Hahn. Her prose poems, her ambiguity, the boundaries... -
Paul Watzlawick, Interactional Patterns, Pathologies, ParadoxesMarch 25, 2013I don’t like writing about myself. When I am approaching the initial page of a new piece I imagine... -
Homage to Cesare CassinaMarch 21, 2013"I remember, and make the best of what I learned from my father Cesare to introduce furniture that expresses... -
"One Minute To Midnight," by Michael DobbsMarch 20, 2013“In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, The United States and the Soviet Union appeared to... -
Italian Short Stories 2, Racconti ItalianiMarch 18, 2013The origin of the birds, by Italo Calvino. It is difficult to find the books you need, here in Hong... -
"And We Are Those Who Dream," by Donna OngMarch 9, 2013"I promised myself as a child, never to forget what it felt like to be a child. To dream... -
"You Have Given Me a Country," by Neela VaswaniMarch 3, 2013Frankly, I was looking for a book able to convince Robin Hemley, my mentor, that my idea to convey... -
"My family and other animals," by Gerald DurrelFebruary 28, 2013From the very first page of the prologue, you are pulled inside this story and this family, so vividly.... -
Nero, Quite An Exemplary LifeFebruary 26, 2013Nero - An Exemplary Life When my friend Angelo Paratico told me about his intention to translate the “Neronis Encomium”... -
Top 25 December 2012 Fiction OpenFebruary 22, 2013Glimmer Train's December 2012 - Fiction Open Dear Ciriaco, thank you so much for participating in our December 2012 Fiction... -
A visceral review of "Gweilo" by Martin BoothFebruary 19, 2013I was reading “Gweilo” again because I’m interested in Hong Kong history and I’m still looking for old descriptions,... -
Murakami: a great writer or only a novel maestro?February 15, 2013I read many articles and reviews about Murakami’s novels, and, of course, I read several books of this famous... -
"Life and Death in Shanghai," a religious manuscriptFebruary 11, 2013I just finished this story by Cheng Nien, and I’m full of thoughts. It is an excellent book; I... -
Some comments about "Homo Faber" by Max FrischFebruary 10, 2013A great novel, a good surprise. At the beginning of the reading I was sceptical because the parallel between... -
Honorable Mention Short Story AwardJanuary 29, 2013I’m very proud: the commission of the Glimmer Train’s November 2012 Short Story Award enjoyed my “Marzia, from Mars”... -
The supernatural in The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, and how it is expressed in terms of craftDecember 4, 2012The Master and Margarita Bulgakov widely used the supernatural in The Master and Margarita because he was a mystic writer...
THE AUTHOR
CIRIACO OFFEDDU
Engineer, CEO of several companies, more than twenty years of experience as a leader of a consulting group specialized in direct management in a broad range of business disciplines and industries, expert in internationalization processes.
Newly Graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a Master in Creative Writing.
