‘The story of my life is simple. So simple and moving like the ones of any other Italian immigrant. But the great desire and will to outdo oneself is what makes the difference between one and other, and I feel I have the satisfaction of having achieved my aims. Neither because I have had some public recognition nor because I got over my fellows, but because I overcame myself. I will feel actually satisfied if I can make people understand that I overcame myself because this is how I feel like every morning and every night. And I still go on trying to do so day after day’ (Miguel Bornaschella).
‘I met Miguel twenty years ago and he has always been good at re-telling anecdotes and stories. Most of them have been written here. Then I have pictured, no doubt, a very moving story. And as time went by, he trusted me to carry out this historical and personal account. He also gave me the chance to ask him again and once more, he gave me the necessary space to intrude on his privacy, his feelings and know much more than what was needed but all that my curiosity required to get a comprehensive view. Thanks to all this I have been able to picture before my eyes a story so moving that I am not sure my pen will be able to provide an accurate description’ (Alberto Miramontes).
Tabella dei contenuti
Acknowledgements – The scribe’s words – Foreword – I. Montaquilla, birth town – II . The origin of the migration – III. The world on the other side of the ocean – l V. Growing up on the other side of the ocean – V . The italian working culture and other italian traditions – VI. The first jobs – VII. The beginning of a long working life – IX. My own business – My first return to Italy – X. There are not two paradises – XI. My own family – XII. Clearing the mind and going on – XIII. Starting all over again – XIV. A new international trade – XV. The calm after the storm – XVI. Other areas – XVII. A trip in reverse – 50 years later – XVIII. My grandchildren – XIX. The last adventure? – VIII. The course of trade and the american model
Circa l’autore
Miguel Bornaschella is an Italian-Argentine entrepreneur.
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