Overview

For a brief explosive period in the mid-1970s, the young and the unemployed of Italy's cities joined the workers in an unexpectedly militant movement known simply as Autonomy (Autonomia). Its "politics of refusal" united its opponents behind draconian measures more severe than any seen since the war.

Nanni Balestrini, the poet of youth rebellion, himself a victim of that repression, has invented a remarkable fictional form to express the hopes and conflicts of the movement. In spare but vivid prose, The Unseen follows Autonomy's trajectory through the eyes of a single 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-13

9781844677672

ISBN-10

1844677672

Weight

0.64 Pounds

Dimensions

5.19 x 0.64 x 8.00 In

List Price

$24.95

Edition

2nd Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

256 pages

Publisher

Verso Books

Published On

2012-01-02



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