by Giovanni Maria Bellu · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804534648
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«I fantasmi di Portopalo» is the historical essay by Giovanni Maria Bellu, published by Mondadori in paperback (228 pages, in Italian).
On Christmas night 1996, a ship carrying some three hundred immigrants of Pakistani, Indian and Tamil origin sank in the Sicily Channel, in what is considered the worst maritime disaster in the Mediterranean since the Second World War. The book reconstructs how the news was silenced by the Italian authorities and rescues from oblivion the victims of a tragedy that left barely a trace.
Published in 2004 in the «Strade blu» collection by Mondadori, it bears the subtitle «Natale 1996: la morte di 300 clandestini e il silenzio dell'Italia» and includes a contribution by Carlo Lucarelli.
Recommended for readers of contemporary history, narrative journalism and issues related to immigration.
