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The first book of poetry I was ever curious enough to buy was 1948 by Andy Croft, its a book length detective plot in Onegin stanza's. Its set in an alternate history 1948 in a Britain ruled by a coaltion of Labour and the Communist Party. Its a reworking of Nineteen Eighty Four, most of the characters are from the book and the protagonist is Winston Smith though this time as a police officer. Apart from Orwell another inspiration is Ealing comedy, so a bit Noir and a bit farcical. I don't think there's much in the book for readers whom aren't familiar with either really, it probably just be a story with a weird rhyming scheme. Worth checking out though if your familiar with both though.
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I've been reading an English translation of a collection of poems by Xu Lizhi a former FoxConn worker whom committed suicide last year. Its very bleak for example “On My Deathbed” 我想再看一眼大海，目睹我半生的泪水有多汪洋 I want to take another look at the ocean, behold the vastness of tears from half a lifetime 我想再爬一爬高高的山头，试着把丢失的灵魂喊回来 I want to climb another mountain, try to call back the soul that I’ve lost 我还想摸一摸天空，碰一碰那抹轻轻的蓝 I want to touch the sky, feel that blueness so light 可是这些我都办不到了，我就要离开这个世界了 But I can’t do any of this, so I’m leaving this world 所有听说过我的人们啊 Everyone who’s heard of me 不必为我的离开感到惊讶 Shouldn’t be surprised at my leaving 更不必叹息，或者悲伤 Even less should you sigh or grieve 我来时很好，去时，也很好 I was fine when I came, and fine when I left. -- Xu Lizhi, 30 September 2014 Really brings home the horror of workplace conditions in a depressing large number of factories.
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