In 1966, at the age of twenty-four, I left Italy, my country of birth, and only sporadically returned to visit relatives and friends. Seldom in touch with Italian news, over the many years, I only recall the major events that the media chose to broadcast about my country. If this detachment appears to be neglect for my place of birth, I would say that it is, in fact, the result of the realization that, once one has gone abroad, any nationalist identity is replaced by a global view of our…
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