{"product_id":"9781844678372","title":"The Unseen","description":"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 (\u003ci\u003eAutonomia\u003c\/i\u003e). Its “politics of refusal” united its opponents behind draconian measures more severe than any seen since the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNanni 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.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172465885424,"sku":"9781844678372","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781844678372_p0.jpg?v=1763744497","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781844678372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}