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(. . .) Σ' αυτό το βιβλίο ο Ρενάτο Κούρτσιο, μετά από δεκαεπτά χρόνια στη φυλακή, έρχεται σ' επαφή με τον κόσμο του μετρό. Ανοίγει τα ρουθούνια του για να οσμιστεί τον αέρα της ελευθερίας και εισπράττει γεύσεις από μουχλιασμένες μοναξιές, από αρρώστιες που πλησιάζουν στο τέλος του αιώνα. Στρέφει το βλέμμα του στα πρόσωπα των επιβατών και αντικρύζει «φευγαλέες ματιές που μόλις διασταυρώνονται, το σκάνε, σαν να τις φοβίζει η επαφή, γρήγορες σαν τις σαύρες που τις κυνηγούν οι γάτες». Αναζητά, όχι χωρίς φόβο, το τυχαίο άγγιγμα ενός περαστικού και του 'ρχονται στο μυαλό τα λόγια του Ελία Κανέτι για την «αποστροφή απέναντι στο άγγιγμα, που δεν μας εγκαταλείπει ούτε όταν είμαστε μέσα στο πλήθος». Κάθε του κίνηση, κάθε του παρατήρηση, αργή, βαθιά, διαπεραστική, έρχεται σε πλήρη αντίθεση με την ιλιγγιώδη ταχύτητα που αναπτύσσει το βαγόνι πάνω στο συρμό, με την καθημερινή ζωή του μετρό που μοιάζει να περνάει σαν ταινία σε fast forward μπροστά από τα μάτια των επιβατών. Και είναι πράγματι εντυπωσιακό το πώς αυτός, ο επί δεκαεπτά χρόνια φυλακισμένος πολιτικός κρατούμενος, εκεί, στο μετρό, βουτάει στην ανταριασμένη θάλασσα των κοινωνικών σχέσεων κι ανακαλύπτει έναν κόσμο ολόκληρο, γεμάτο επιθυμίες, συναισθήματα και αντιθέσεις. (ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΛΟΓΟ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΗΣ)
128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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About the author
Renato Curcio
32 books10 followersRenato Curcio (born 23 September 1941) is the former leader of the Italian left-wing militant organization, the Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse).
Born of an extramarital affair between Renato Zampa (brother of film director Luigi Zampa) and Yolanda Curcio, Curcio was born at Monterotondo, in the province of Rome. In April 1945, Curcio's beloved uncle, Armando, a Fiat auto worker, was murdered in a Fascist ambush. The death of Uncle Armando caused Curcio to develop a hatred towards the Nazi-Fascists,
On completing his degree in 1962, he won a scholarship to study at the new and innovative Institute of Sociology at the University of Trento, where he became absorbed in existential philosophy. During the mid-1960s, he gravitated toward radical politics and Marxism as a byproduct of his interest in existentialism and the self. By the late 1960s, he had become a committed revolutionary and Marxist theoretician. In addition to Marxism, Curcio also studied the philosophies of Lenin and Mao, further influencing his leftist ideology. In 1967, Curcio would create a "counter-university" at the University of Trento, which focused on teaching courses that were the polar opposite from what was actually being taught at the university, including anti-capitalism, revolution, and Maoist thought.
According to Alessandro Silj, three political events transformed him from a radical to an activist: two bloody demonstrations at Trento and a massacre by police of farm laborers in 1968. During the 1967-69 period, Curcio was also involved in two Marxist university groups: the Movement for a Negative University and the publication Lavoro Politico (Political Work).
Embittered by his expulsion from the radical Red Line faction of Lavoro Politico in August 1969, Curcio decided to drop out of Trento and forgo his degree, even though he already had passed his final examinations. Prior to transferring his bases of activities to Milan, Curcio married, in a mixed (Catholic-Waldensian) ceremony, Margherita (Mara) Cagol, a Trentine sociology major, fellow radical, and daughter of a pent and worker group. Curcio and Cagol began publishing a revolutionary journal in 1967, entitled "Political Work", which set up the ideological foundation for a number of groups, including the Metropolitan Political Collective (CPM). A more militant faction of the CPM, led by Curcio and Cagol, splintered off in 1967 and formed the Red Brigades, which was intended to participate politically while also conducting clandestine military operations.
However, after getting arrested in February 1971 for occupying a vacant house, the Curcios and the most militant members of the Proletarian Left went completely underground and organized the Red Brigades and spent the next three years, from 1972 to 1975, engaging in a series of bombings and kidnappings of prominent figures.
In 1975 Mara Cagol was shot twice and died during a shootout with the Carabinieri forces. The death of his wife forced Curcio into a deep depression, one that caused sloppiness in his work. Curcio was again captured by the authorities in January 1976, tried, convicted and imprisoned. The assassinations and kidnappings continued during his incarceration, however, creating a suspicion about whether or not Curcio was the actual leader of the group.
After Curcio's incarceration, the Red Brigades began changing its identity, with its members becoming younger and increasingly more militant and extremist. This increased militarization of the group led to a sharp uptick in the number of attacks and assassinations between the years of 1976 and 1978, culminating in the mysterious assassination of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978.
In 1990, while still incarcerated, Curcio started a publishing company, along with Steffano Petrella and Nicola Valentino, called Sensibili alle Foglie, or Sensitive to the Leaves.
Born of an extramarital affair between Renato Zampa (brother of film director Luigi Zampa) and Yolanda Curcio, Curcio was born at Monterotondo, in the province of Rome. In April 1945, Curcio's beloved uncle, Armando, a Fiat auto worker, was murdered in a Fascist ambush. The death of Uncle Armando caused Curcio to develop a hatred towards the Nazi-Fascists,
On completing his degree in 1962, he won a scholarship to study at the new and innovative Institute of Sociology at the University of Trento, where he became absorbed in existential philosophy. During the mid-1960s, he gravitated toward radical politics and Marxism as a byproduct of his interest in existentialism and the self. By the late 1960s, he had become a committed revolutionary and Marxist theoretician. In addition to Marxism, Curcio also studied the philosophies of Lenin and Mao, further influencing his leftist ideology. In 1967, Curcio would create a "counter-university" at the University of Trento, which focused on teaching courses that were the polar opposite from what was actually being taught at the university, including anti-capitalism, revolution, and Maoist thought.
According to Alessandro Silj, three political events transformed him from a radical to an activist: two bloody demonstrations at Trento and a massacre by police of farm laborers in 1968. During the 1967-69 period, Curcio was also involved in two Marxist university groups: the Movement for a Negative University and the publication Lavoro Politico (Political Work).
Embittered by his expulsion from the radical Red Line faction of Lavoro Politico in August 1969, Curcio decided to drop out of Trento and forgo his degree, even though he already had passed his final examinations. Prior to transferring his bases of activities to Milan, Curcio married, in a mixed (Catholic-Waldensian) ceremony, Margherita (Mara) Cagol, a Trentine sociology major, fellow radical, and daughter of a pent and worker group. Curcio and Cagol began publishing a revolutionary journal in 1967, entitled "Political Work", which set up the ideological foundation for a number of groups, including the Metropolitan Political Collective (CPM). A more militant faction of the CPM, led by Curcio and Cagol, splintered off in 1967 and formed the Red Brigades, which was intended to participate politically while also conducting clandestine military operations.
However, after getting arrested in February 1971 for occupying a vacant house, the Curcios and the most militant members of the Proletarian Left went completely underground and organized the Red Brigades and spent the next three years, from 1972 to 1975, engaging in a series of bombings and kidnappings of prominent figures.
In 1975 Mara Cagol was shot twice and died during a shootout with the Carabinieri forces. The death of his wife forced Curcio into a deep depression, one that caused sloppiness in his work. Curcio was again captured by the authorities in January 1976, tried, convicted and imprisoned. The assassinations and kidnappings continued during his incarceration, however, creating a suspicion about whether or not Curcio was the actual leader of the group.
After Curcio's incarceration, the Red Brigades began changing its identity, with its members becoming younger and increasingly more militant and extremist. This increased militarization of the group led to a sharp uptick in the number of attacks and assassinations between the years of 1976 and 1978, culminating in the mysterious assassination of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978.
In 1990, while still incarcerated, Curcio started a publishing company, along with Steffano Petrella and Nicola Valentino, called Sensibili alle Foglie, or Sensitive to the Leaves.
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