brand:Verso BooksTopic:LiteraryItem Length:8 inLC Classification Number:PQ4862.A37I513 1989Intended Audience:TradeAuthor:Nanni BalestriniOriginal Language:ItalianItem Weight:13 OzPublisher:Verso BooksDewey Edition:20Publication Year:1989ISBN-13:9780860912422Dewey Decimal:FICLanguage:EnglishTitleLeading:TheSynopsis:For a brief but explosive period in the mid-seventies, the young, the unemployed and the homeless of Italy's cities came together in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy. Against the austerity programmes and social discipline of the ruling Christian Democrats and their would-be partners in the Communist Party, the movement developed a "politics of refusal"--expressed in school occupations and factory sabotage, mass shoplifting and violent street protest, combined with carnivalesque creativity. But the movement was soon divided, especially over the issue of armed struggle, while its opponents united behind the most repressive measures ever seen in postwar Italy. Nanni Balestrini, himself a victim of that repression, follows in spare but vivid unpunctuated prose Autonomy's trajectory through the eyes of one working-class protagonist--from high-school rebellion, squatting and attempts to set up a free radio station, to arrest and the brutalities of imprisonment. This is a powerful and gripping novel: a rare evocation of the intensity of commitment, the passion of politics.ISBN-10:0860912426Genre:FictionItem Width:5 ingtin13:9780860912422Number of Pages:252 PagesReviews:"Lucid, poetic, unforgettable."-- La Stampa " The Unseen isn't documentary writing, but it tells us far more than any documentary about a troubled phase in our history; how it was experienced, and most of all how it was lived in the imagination."-- Corriere della Sera, The Unseen isn't documentary writing, but it tells us far more than any documentary about a troubled phase in our history; how it was experienced, and most of all how it was lived in the imagination.Format:Trade PaperbackBook Title:UnseenLCCN:89-038456
Absolutely mind-blowing! Unseen is a gripping, poetic masterpiece that pulls you into its fragmented yet powerful narrative. Balestrini’s experimental style feels fresh even decades later—raw, urgent, and impossible to put down. A must-read for anyone who loves bold, thought-provoking literature.
Absolutely mind-blowing! Unseen is a gripping, poetic masterpiece that pulls you into its fragmented yet powerful narrative. Balestrini’s experimental style feels fresh even decades later—raw, urgent, and impossible to put down. A must-read for anyone who loves bold, thought-provoking literature.