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"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…
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4 editions · 2 languages- Other · English · 1981Worker in a Worker's StateUniverse Publishing · 9780876635612
- Other · English · 1978A worker in a worker's stateUniverse Books · 175 pages · 9780876633076
- Other · English · 1977A worker in a worker's statePenguin · 175 pages · 9780140219883
- Other · German · 1975Rotbuch-Verlag · 118 pages · 9783880221307
Factory systemMetal-workersPieceworkPiece-workLabor, europeHungary, economic conditionsMetal-workWorking class, hungary