Nanni Balestrini: 4 books

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...

I'm never coming back to my home town. A major Italian author’s tale of growing up with Italy’s most brutal criminal enterprise, the Camorra. This striking novella is based on first-hand research of the Camorra, an Italian organized crime network more powerful and violent than the...

Per conoscere in modo ampio e circostanziato un determinato evento uno dei modi più efficaci è, sempre che sia possibile, interpellarne i testimoni. Se ne ha allora una conoscenza che, quanto più le testimonianze sono varie e a volte contrastanti, è molteplice e complessa. In una parola, vivace...

Explosive novel of Italy’s revolutionary 1969 by leading Italian novelist It was 1969, and temperatures were rising across the factories of the north as workers demanded better pay and conditions. Soon, discontent would erupt in what became known as Italy’s “Hot Autumn.” A young...