Anon.
Original title: In incognito. Esperienze che sfidano l’identificazione
Translated by Barbara Stefanelli
Guido Mantelli / Cuneo / 2003
Elephant Editions / London / 2007
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LET’S TALK ABOUT IT
KEEPING ONESELF OUT OF THE WAY
FROM SETBACK TO PROSPECT OF LIFE
TRAVEL NOTES
RUNNING AWAY FROM THE PRISON SOCIETY
GETTING RID OF FRUSTRATION
A TRAIN IN THE NIGHT
NOMAD FOR SOMETHING PRECIOUS
THE MAN AT THE WINDOW
EXPERIENCES OF BANISHMENT
This book is about living in hiding. It pierces the darkness and leaps into the secrecy of the incognito, a parallel dimension in which even what could be said often is not. Out of excess of tact, fear or because one thinks it is not relevant. Or, in certain milieux and in the worst cases, due to mere political tactics. But, even at a glance, the world of clandestine people is not a desert land; on the contrary it is populated by living beings, experiences and ideas that are very close to ours, in both the most miserable and the most fascinating aspects of our lives, close to our most ardent desires and passionate daydreams.
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