Blessed are the contrarians, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. But they must be very, very careful in these "Interesting Times," in the Chinese sense. Unless you think that "May you live in interesting times" after all is a blessing and not a curse, or better still the first of three curses of increasing degrees of severity, the other two being "May the government be aware of you," and "May you find what you are looking for." But in this case you had better not read this book—and you can't … [Read more...] about Blessed Are the Contrarians: Diary of a Journey Through Interesting Times by Samuel Robert Piccoli
Interview with Author – Samuel Robert Piccoli
About Samuel Robert Piccoli: I was born the 13th November, 1950 on the Island of Maddalena—one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean—off the northeast coast of Sardinia. But my origins are nuanced. My mother—an American citizen, although her family was originally from Liguria in northwest Italy—was born in Philadelphia, PA, and my father was born near Treviso, in the northeast of Italy. When I was very young my family moved to Rome, where I first went to school. After attending … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Samuel Robert Piccoli
