Febbre Del Cemento — La

narrating the industrial space: intellectuals and the italian

"La febbre del cemento" refers to a central, thematic concept in Italo Calvino’s 1957 novella, La speculazione edilizia , rather than a separate, complete text. It depicts the rapid, chaotic, and environmentally destructive urban growth during Italy's post-war economic boom, often describing the transformation of the Ligurian coast, and serves as a critique of capitalist greed and ecological degradation. This concept is explored through the eyes of an intellectual who finds himself participating in the very building frenzy he despises. La febbre del cemento

You can find the book, La speculazione edilizia (A Speculation in Real Estate), on academic resources like Taylor & Francis Online and studies on the text at Literary Geographies. La speculazione edilizia