Il pane e le rose. Femminismo e lotta di classe

Da quando, nel 1912, venne scelta dalle operaie tessili di Lawrence come canzone-simbolo della loro dura lotta per il reddito e la dignità, "il pane e le rose" non è più stato soltanto uno slogan né, tantomeno, una semplice canzone. Autentico manifesto di un mondo a venire, "il pane e le rose" sintetizza l'idea di una "società dove si è più felici, realizzati, liberi". Una società, dunque, dove il tema dell'emancipazione della donna diventa il pilastro su cui fondare il senso di un riscatto collettivo, finalmente in grado di scardinare la divisione in classi e la relativa dinamica di sfruttamento e di oppressione economica e patriarcale. Dedicato alle questioni di genere all'interno delle dinamiche dell'antagonismo di classe, il lavoro di Andrea D'Atri restituisce una visione conflittuale della condizione femminile: una "storia ribelle" che, attraverso un'attenta contro-analisi del passato, interpreta il presente e apre al movimento delle donne nuove prospettive di liberazione.

About the author

Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring police chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole–Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.
 
Ace Atkins is the Edgar-nominated author of nineteen books, including the forthcoming Quinn Colson novel The Innocents. He was selected by the Robert B. Parker estate to continue the Spenser novels, most recently the New York Times bestsellers Robert B. Parker’s Kickback and Robert B. Parker’s Cheap Shot.

Summary

Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man’s trail of smoke and mirrors in the latest entry of the iconic crime series. After conning everyone from the cable news shows to the local cops, it looks like the grifter’s latest double cross may be his last.
 
Connie Kelly thought she’d found her perfect man on an online dating site. He was silver-haired and handsome, with a mysterious background working for the C.I.A. She fell so hard for M. Brooks Welles that she wrote him a check for almost three hundred thousand dollars, hoping for a big return on her investment.
 
But within weeks, both Welles and her money are gone. Her therapist, Dr. Susan Silverman, hands her Spenser’s card.
 
A self-proclaimed military hotshot, Welles had been a frequent guest on national news shows speaking with authority about politics and world events. But when he disappears, he leaves not only a jilted lover but a growing list of angry investors, duped cops, and a team of paramilitary contractors looking for revenge.

Enter Spenser, who quickly discovers that everything about Welles is phony. His name, his résumé, and his client list are nothing but an elaborate fraud. But uncovering the truth won’t be easy, as he’ll have to keep the mystery man alive long enough to get back his client’s money. As the trail winds from Boston to backroads Georgia, Spenser will need help from trusted allies Hawk and Teddy Sapp to make sure Welles’s next con is his last.

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Praise for Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies

“Atkins, a longtime Spenser fan, understands the character and what makes him tick. He knows Spenser’s world and the people who inhabit it. He writes with the same spare style as Parker and peppers the narrative with the same wry wit.”—Fort Worth Star Telegram

“A taut, suspenseful story line drives Edgar-finalist Atkins’s sixth Spenser novel...which deepens the relationship between the Boston PI and his significant other, therapist Susan Silverman.”—Publishers Weekly

“Atkins really hit his stride as steward for Parker’s characters.” –Booklist

Praise for Ace Atkins and the Spenser Series

“Atkins does a wonderful job with the characters created by Parker. To loyalists it may be heresy, but a case can be made for the Atkins novels being better than some of the last Spenser mysteries penned by Parker. A top-notch thriller.”—Booklist (starred review) 
 
“Classic Spenser—the Spenser of wry wit, tasty food and drinks, hard workouts and lethal confrontations...Once again, Atkins has delivered a thriller that evokes the best of Parker’s Spenser series, not least the punchy back-and-forth of the dialogue.”—Associated Press
 
“Scene-by-scene, line-by-line pleasures are authentic.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“Atkins tosses in a surprising change to his lead’s status quo, and series fans will be eager to see what he does with it in Spenser’s next outing.”—Publishers Weekly

Product details

• Authors: Andrea I. D'Atri
• Assisted by: S. Ganzarolli (Editor)
• Publisher: Red Star Press
• Languages: Italian
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• No. of pages: 237
• Series: Unaltrastoria; Red Star Press; Red Star Press; Unaltrastoria