Abstract
Fabio Deotto is an Italian fiction writer whose last novel, Un attimo prima (2017), explores the life of an ordinary man in a futuristic Milan by using a psychoanalytic sub-plot. In the fictional universe where Deotto sets the story of Edoardo Faschi, the world has changed after a revolution ignited by an Occupy Movement’s cell. In the “new West” risen from the ashes of the 2008 crisis, citizens are assisted by the State for all their needs, from food to medical care, provided that a strict ...
Highlights
The “Be Part and Take Part” Issue in Contemporary Italian Speculative Fiction
Nicola Cosentino citizenship and strongly influenced by the consequences of the 2008 crisis, to the point that money does not exist anymore and it is replaced by a system of welfare credits
Because through the use of fictional devices the novel itself exemplifies the theoretical question about the relationship between utopia and dystopia
Summary
The “Be Part and Take Part” Issue in Contemporary Italian Speculative Fiction. An Interview with Fabio Deotto by Nicola Cosentino.
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