A Worker in a Worker's State
Author | : Miklós Haraszti |
Publisher | : Universe Publishing(NY) |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1978 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105037288250 |
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Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book A Worker in a Worker's State written by Miklós Haraszti and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 1978 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.