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The Unseen by Balestrini, Nanni; Negri, Antonio; Heron, Liz is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Unseen about?

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.

Who reads The Unseen?

Author

Balestrini, Nanni; Negri, Antonio; Heron, Liz

Publisher

Random House Publisher Services

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781844677672

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (206 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14