Sentimental Economy
  • Published: 20 September 2022
  • ISBN: 9781635422146
  • Imprint: Other Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $59.99

Sentimental Economy

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In a warm, perceptive essay that touches on economics, fashion, literature, and politics, the Strega Prize–winning author of Story of My People reflects on the seismic shifts of 2020 and the diverse ways we’re adapting.

In a warm, perceptive essay that touches on economics, fashion, literature, and politics, the Strega Prize–winning author of Story of My People reflects on the seismic shifts of 2020 and the diverse ways we’re adapting.

Attempting to make sense of the incredible upheaval of 2020—from the devastating impact of COVID-19 to the sudden loss of his father—Edoardo Nesi considers the changing global economy and its effect on our lives. He shares the stories of Alberto Magelli, a small textile entrepreneur; Livia Firth, a prominent advocate for sustainability; Elisa Martelli, a young Sangiovese winemaker; Enrico Giovannini, a leading economist and statistician; Rino Pratesi, a proud butcher from the heart of Tuscany; and more.
 
From the overworked to the unemployed, we’re all grappling with difficult questions about our current disorienting world: Will we ever feel healthy again, and what will it take to regain “normality?” What does progress mean today? Have science and technology let us down? What will the increased prevalence of remote working mean for our cities, and for our lifestyles generally? Deftly weaving together the personal and the economic, Nesi takes us on a fascinating journey to understanding.
  • Published: 20 September 2022
  • ISBN: 9781635422146
  • Imprint: Other Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $59.99
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About the author

Edoardo Nesi

Edoardo Nesi is an Italian writer, filmmaker, and translator. He began his career translating the work of such authors as Bruce Chatwin, Malcolm Lowry, Stephen King, and Quentin Tarantino. He has written six novels, one of which, L'età dell'oro, was a finalist for the 2005 Strega Prize and a winner of the Bruno Cavallini Prize. He wrote and directed the film Fughe da fermo (Fandango, 2001), based on his novel of the same name, and has translated David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.

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Praise for Sentimental Economy

Praise for Story of My People:
 
“A short memoir of great charm, for all its sadness a pleasure to read…Nesi’s musings are as finely woven as his textiles.” —New York Times
 
“An intimate account of a homespun world, ‘glistening and weightless like silk,’ destroyed by rapid globalization…In gleefully biting prose, Nesi excoriates Italy’s politicians, its arrogant economists, and the ‘titanic foreign multinationals.’” —The New Yorker
 
“At once a memoir, a requiem, and a work of social and literary criticism…beautifully written.” —Bookforum