We want everything : a novel
Balestrini, Nanni2016
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It was the Autumn of 1969, and Italy exploded. Across the north of the country, factory workers stormed out on strike, demanding better pay and working conditions. The slogan 'We Want Everything' rang through the streets. Italy's 'Hot Autumn' had begun. In Nanni Balestrini's fictionalized account of the uprising, a young worker from Italy's impoverished south arrives at Fiat's Mirafiori factory in Torino, where he barely scrapes by with 14 hour days of backbreaking work. His frustration is palpable, and soon he is agitating against his bosses for fun and giving himself minor injuries to win sick leave. Soon enough, he is swept up by a snowballing worker movement that leads to months of continuous strikes at Mirafiori.
Main title:
We want everything : a novel / Nanni Balestrini.
Author:
Balestrini, Nanni, author
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2016.
Collation:
240 pages
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781784783686 (hbk)
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
1534700
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