Down and Out in England and Italy

Down and Out in England and Italy
Alberto Prunetti
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Paperback
h216 x 135mm - 160pg
11 Nov 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781913348373
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A wry, filthy, and unputdownable look at class and national identity today. A wry, filthy, and unputdownable look at class and national identity today. Alberto Prunetti arrives in the UK, the twenty-something year old son of a Tuscan factory worker who has never left home before. With only broken English, his wits, and an obsession with the work of George Orwell to guide him, he sets about looking for a job and navigating his new home. In between slaving in pizzerias and cleaning toilets up and down the country, he finds his place among the British precariat. His comrades form a polyglot underclass, among them an ex-addict cook, a cleaner in love with opera, an elderly Shakespearean actor, Turks impersonating Neapolitans to serve pizzas, and a cast of petty criminals ' resting' between bigger jobs. Stuck between a past haunted by Thatcher and a future dominated by Brexit, Down and Out in England and Italy is a hilarious and poignant snapshot of life on the margins in modern day Britain.
Alberto Prunetti (Author) Alberto Prunetti was born in a Tuscan steel town in 1973. A former pizza chef, cleaner, and handyman, he is also the author of five novels and has translated works by George Orwell, Angela Davis, David Graeber, and many others. Since 2018 he has directed the Working Class books series for the publisher Edizioni Alegre. Down and Out in England and Italy won the Ultima Frontiera Award and was a finalist for the Biella Literature and Industry Prizes.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781913348373
Published: 11 Nov 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Scribe Publications
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Spine: 13mm
Pages: 160

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