Nanni Balestrini Unseen 1989 Trade Paperback Novel-image

Nanni Balestrini Unseen 1989 Trade Paperback Novel

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Author: Nanni Balestrini Intended Audience: Trade Reviews: "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. Synopsis: 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. Publication Year: 1989 ISBN-10: 0860912426 Item Width: 5 in Item Length: 8 in TitleLeading: The ISBN-13: 9780860912422 Item Weight: 13 Oz Original Language: Italian gtin13: 9780860912422 Topic: Literary Publisher: Verso Books brand: Verso Books Language: English LCCN: 89-038456 LC Classification Number: PQ4862.A37I513 1989 Dewey Decimal: FIC Number of Pages: 252 Pages Genre: Fiction Book Title: Unseen Dewey Edition: 20 Format: Trade Paperback

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Unseen, Hardcover by Ballestrini, Nanni; Heron, Liz (TRN), ISBN 0860912426, ISBN-13 9780860912422, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In 1970s Italy a young working class man joins a political protest movement, tries to help set up a free radio station, is arrested, and endures the brutalities of imprisonment.

  1. A gripping and raw portrayal of political struggle in 1970s Italy—Nanni Balestrini’s *Unseen* captures the intensity of activism, oppression, and resilience. The protagonist’s journey from protest to imprisonment is both heartbreaking and inspiring, offering a powerful critique of authority. Liz Heron’s translation keeps the prose sharp and urgent. A must-read for anyone interested in radical history or working-class narratives.

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