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Alessandro Spina

Born

Bengasi, Libya

Died

July 11, 2013

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Alessandro Spina (Bengasi, 1927 – Rovato, 11 luglio 2013) è stato uno scrittore siriano naturalizzato italiano.

Nom de plume di Basili Khouzam, è nato in una famiglia di maroniti siriani originari di Aleppo stabilitasi in Cirenaica dopo la prima guerra mondiale, suo padre era proprietario di un'industria tessile a Bengasi. Ha trascorso l'infanzia in Libia, ma l'adolescenza e la giovinezza (1940-1953) a Milano, dove si è laureato in Lettere all'Università nel 1953, ritorna poi a Bengasi e diviene direttore dell'azienda di famiglia, che continua a dirigere fino al 1979, anche dopo la sua nazionalizzazione in seguito alla presa di potere di Gheddafi nel 1969. Nel 1960 pubblica su Paragone il racconto "Giugno '40", che Cristina Campo, in una let ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 37 ratings · 12 reviews · 31 distinct works

	The Confines of the Shadow 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fourth Shore: The Confines of the Shadow Volume II by Alessandro Spina, André Naffis-Sahely (Translation) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I confini dell'ombra 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colonial Conquest: The Confines of the Shadow Volume I by Alessandro Spina, André Naffis-Sahely (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'oblio. Ventiquattro storie coloniali it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il visitatore notturno really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Diario di lavoro. Alle origini de «I confini dell'ombra» really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nuove storie di ufficiali really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“So long as journalists and vested interests exist, the truth will always remain on the other side of the sea. Truth is a domesticated animal, it can’t survive outside a safe enclosure.”
― Alessandro Spina, The Confines of the Shadow

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