by Edoardo Nesi · SALAMANDRA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498384529
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«La historia de mi gente» is the autobiographical essay by Edoardo Nesi, published by Salamandra in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
Drawing on his experience as the third generation of textile entrepreneurs in Prato, Edoardo Nesi evokes the golden age of Italian industry and denounces the effects of globalization: factory closures, loss of labor rights, and erosion of community. A memoir written with rage and lyricism.
The work won the Strega Prize in 2011. Its original Italian title is «Storia della mia gente» (2010), and this edition belongs to the Salamandra Narrativa collection.
It is suitable reading for those interested in memoirs and nonfiction about deindustrialization and the human cost of globalization in Europe.
