The Night Cleaner - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 074565200X ISBN 13: 9780745652009

Riassunto

The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that took Florence Aubenas – one of France′s most
accomplished undercover journalists – on a journey into the worst recession since the Great Depression.

Day after day she searched for work, one unemployed worker among others, with no special skills or qualifications. She immersed herself in the crowd of job seekers, going from one employment office to
another, eventually managing to cobble together a few hours working as a night cleaner on a ferry that crossed the English Channel.

For many people the global financial crisis seems real enough but remote from their daily lives. They have little sense of what it really means to be unemployed in the midst of a recession. Florence Aubenas was determined to find out. This book is the story of her
journey.

The Night Cleaner became an instant number one bestseller in France and has subsequently become a bestseller in many countries throughout the world. Better than any academic treatise on the topic, this book shows what recession means today.

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"Too often, the impact of the global recession is reduced to general statistics. But in Florence Aubenas′ provocative and passionate book it is captured in exquisite detail, emotion and human faces. Whether in Cairo, Caen, or Wisconsin, the desperation that accompanies the soul–destroying search for work and economic stability continues to push people to the brink of their patience and dignity. What makes Aubenas′
book so brilliant is that this culmination of her undercover investigation does not simply linger on their lack of hope, but also on the depth of their spirit."
Nomi Prins, author of It Takes a Pillage

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• ISBN 10: 074565200X
• ISBN 13: 9780745652009
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile