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Stücklohn

Miklós Haraszti

1975175 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1975
first published
  • 1977Penguin · 175 pages · ENGISBN 9780140219883
  • 1978Universe Books · 175 pages · ENGISBN 9780876633076
  • 1981Universe Publishing · ENGISBN 9780876635612

"The manuscript of A worker in a worker's state was seized in Budapest and its young marxist author, a promising Hungarian poet, was brought to trial for writing it. The People's Court found that the manuscript was 'liable to provoke hatred of the state'. Haraszti himself was fined and given a suspended sentence for 'grave incitement'. This book is a literary event as well as a pioneering report on industrial conditions in a typical East European factory. The different voices of personal experience, objective analysis and reported speech are woven together to create a convincing, gripping account ..."--Back cover.

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