Stefano Macaluso Stefano Macaluso Stefano Macaluso (born 6 September 1975 in Casale Monferrato, Italy) is an Italian businessman. He attended high school and went to university in Turin, graduating with a degree in Architecture from the Politecnico in 2002. While completing his university course, he also devoted some time to his passion of motor sports, competing first in Italian Championship rallies before going on to the European and World Championships. Since his earliest age, Stefano Macaluso had been immersed in the world of watches: he has seen his father Luigi Macaluso at work as President of the Sowind Group that incorporates a
A Month in the Country (novel) The novel explores themes of England's loss of spirituality after the war, and of happiness, melancholy, and nostalgia as Birkin recalls the summer uncovering the mural, when he healed from his wartime experiences and a broken marriage. In an essay for Open Letters Monthly, Ingrid Norton praised the novel's subtlety: The happiness depicted in "A Month in the Country" is wise and wary, aware of its temporality. When he arrives in Oxgodby, Birkin knows very well life is not all ease and intimacy, long summer days with "winter always loitering around the corner." He has experienced emotional cruelty in his