The Comrade from Milan
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The Comrade from Milan by Rossana Rossanda
A striking account of the European Left in the twentieth century by one of its main protagonists
Recent translations of Lucio Magri's The Tailor of Ulm, Rossana Rossanda's The Comrade from Milan, and Lucia Castellina's Discovery of the World have fed interest in the Italian road to socialism in Anglophone countriesTheir defence of the PCI's struggle to build a Communist cultural and political hegemony appeals to a radical left today seeking to regain its transformative power. -- David Broder * Jacobin *
The Italian Communist leadership of the generation of 1943-45 is exceptional: it has been described with wonderful skill in Rossana Rossanda's autobiography. -- Eric Hobsbawm * London Review of Books *
Il manifesto's most individual editorialist and commentator. A unique signature in the Italian press. * New Left Review *
The best book of the year. * La Stampa *
Honest and painful. Party, relationships, victories and, most of all, defeats compose a memorable fresco and a precious testimony. * La Repubblica *
A beautiful book, full of poetic pages. * Corriere della Sera *
One of the most interesting works on the legacy of twentieth-century communism. For Rossanda, a partisan and communist to the last, the past was neither to be glorified nor taken as old hat - rather, it had to be understood in all its depth, with a view to the difficulty of real choices and the reasons for the paths not taken. -- David Broder * Jacobin *
The Italian Communist leadership of the generation of 1943-45 is exceptional: it has been described with wonderful skill in Rossana Rossanda's autobiography. -- Eric Hobsbawm * London Review of Books *
Il manifesto's most individual editorialist and commentator. A unique signature in the Italian press. * New Left Review *
The best book of the year. * La Stampa *
Honest and painful. Party, relationships, victories and, most of all, defeats compose a memorable fresco and a precious testimony. * La Repubblica *
A beautiful book, full of poetic pages. * Corriere della Sera *
One of the most interesting works on the legacy of twentieth-century communism. For Rossanda, a partisan and communist to the last, the past was neither to be glorified nor taken as old hat - rather, it had to be understood in all its depth, with a view to the difficulty of real choices and the reasons for the paths not taken. -- David Broder * Jacobin *
Rossana Rossanda (1924-2020) was one of the founding editors of il manifesto. She is the author of several books, including L'anno degli studenti (The Students' Year), Appuntamenti di fine secolo (Issues at the End of the Century) with Pietro Ingrao and others, and Brigate Rosse: Una storia Italiana (The Red Brigades: An Italian History) with Mario Moretti and Carla Mosca.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788739634 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788739639 |
| Title | The Comrade from Milan |
| Author | Rossana Rossanda |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2020-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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