Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Oriana gets a chance to browse around in Alekos' studio before getting some sleep. The next day, she has to call the office and explain why she is still in Athens. Aleko shows up and has a surprise. He wants to enjoy his freedom, but has lots of work to do, too.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alekos and Oriana have a romantic moment but he is always thinking about his battle against the government. Oriana has her own ideas about how to run a successful resistance.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alekos is having a hard time convincing others of his ideas. Oriana is under pressure from her boss. There is a lot of tension.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Oriana is having to deal with some major changes in her life that will have a long-lasting effect on her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
After her miscarriage, Oriana goes to work in the Milan office, far from Panagulis. But then she gets some news about Greece that spurs her to action.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Elections are held, and Panagulis becomes a member of parliament. He then has to testify at an important trial for the crimes of the junta.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Alekos figures out how to obtain some important evidence against the government, and discusses things with Oriana on the way to the airport, where she'll take a flight back to Italy.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Oriana tells Lisa about finishing her book, Un uomo (a man), and promoting it, especially in non-democratic countries. She travels to Iran in 1979 to interview the new leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, and to talk to someone who wants to translate her book.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Despite huge obstacles, Oriana finally manages to interview Ayatollah Khomeini. The controversial encounter contributed to making Oriana Fallaci worldwide famous.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lisa finally feels comfortable leaving Oriana at the hospital and goes back to the house to watch some interviews with the journalist.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Soon after the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, where Oriana happens to be living, she breaks her self-imposed silence and writes an article for the Milanese newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Back in Florence, Oriana has a conversation with her doctor about her condition. Lisa goes to see at her house her and tells her what she's been up to.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Lisa and Oriana spend some moments together for the last time. Lisa asks a final question and gets an answer that greatly affects both of them emotionally.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
People seem to think Alberto is a bit nuts. He's about to go on live TV, and people around him hope he doesn't botch it. The name of the TV show is Non è mai troppo tardi (it's never too late). What's implied in the title is that it's never to late to learn to read and write. In Italian, a person who never learned to read or write is called analfabeta.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
In Italy, at least in the past, the process of distributing teaching jobs was a real jungle, as you will see. The list, assembled by a complicated point system, involving test scores, experience, seniority, etc, was what would determine whether an aspiring teacher would have a job that year or not. Alberto Manzi knows he is qualified, but gets an unpleasant surprise at the education office.
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