From: "Nate Holdren" <nateholdren-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: AUT: Balestrini
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:36:55 -0400


Steve and Alessandro-
Thanks much for the info on Balestrini. Is much of his work available in 
english? I had a really hard time tracking down the Unseen (which I loved, 
by the way, for both its subject matter and the excellent and innovative 
style). I've got a short story in a box somewhere that I printed off some 
website - something like "let one thousand hands reach for the gun" but I 
haven't been able to find anything else by him.

best,
Nate


>From: Steve Wright <pmargin-AT-froggy.com.au>
>Reply-To: aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>To: aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Re: AUT: Balestrini
>Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 19:51:38 +1000
>
>Nate,
>
>I'm sure others on the list (eg Alessandro) know more than me, but:
>
>Balestrini already made a name for himself as a writer in the sixties,
>working (amongst others) with Eco.
>
>He was in Potere Operaio, and then Rosso/Collettivi Politici Operai with
>Negri within Autonomia.
>
>The Unseen is based on the life story of Sergio Bianchi, who is now an
>editor of Derive Approdi. The book is often held up as a vivid depiction
>of the 'autonomia diffusa' that existed outside Milan ...
>
>In a similar fashion, Balestrini's novel Vogliamo tutto (We Want
>Everything) is based on the life story of Alfonso Natella, who was a
>Potere Operaio militant at FIAT ...
>
>Together with the late Primo Moroni, Balestrini also edited a fine
>anthology on revolutionary movements in Italy in the sixties and seventies.
>
>Steve
>
>
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