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Figlio mio sia benedetto il latte che t'ho dato

Abstract

In his memoir Giosino Fino portrays his life in a poor province like Irpinia. He voluntered for the Air Force and moved to Ethiopia, during Fascism. In Dessiè he bought a house but WWII upset his plans. He fought in Amba Alagi in Ethiopia, alongside the Duke of Aosta. He was imprisoned in India and then in Murchison, Australia. In Australia he worked in a farm where he fell in love with Margherita, the owner's daughter. He tried to escape but was caught and then sent back to Italy in 1947. With his Italian wife, re subsequently moved from Campania to Bologna and then to France.

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