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Granta 89: The Factory

Ian Jack Isabel Hilton Joe Sacco Andrew Martin Neil Steinberg Des Barry Liz Jobey Luc Sante James Lasdun Tessa Hadley Alec Soth

3.8/5 (49 ratings)

Britain invented the factory -- Manchester was the world's first factory-city. Where are they now, and the world of work that went with them? The answer, mainly, is China. An issue devoted to how and where we made and make things.

Featuring Isabel Hilton in the new factories of China, Joe Sacco on Chechen rebels living in an abandoned dairy factory, Andrew Martin in the chocolate factories of York, Neil Steinberg on the last lamps in Chicago, Des Barry on the factory where his father worked, Liz Jobey on turning a factory into a home and Luc Sante on the boredom of factory work.

Plus new fiction by James Lasdun and Tessa Hadley

With a picture essay on a Rust Belt factory of the American midwest by Alec Soth.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Grove Press, Granta

Release: April 29, 2005

ISBN: 1929001193

ISBN 13: 9781929001194

Granta 89: The Factory

Ian Jack Isabel Hilton Joe Sacco Andrew Martin Neil Steinberg Des Barry Liz Jobey Luc Sante James Lasdun Tessa Hadley Alec Soth

3.8/5 (49 ratings)

Britain invented the factory -- Manchester was the world's first factory-city. Where are they now, and the world of work that went with them? The answer, mainly, is China. An issue devoted to how and where we made and make things.

Featuring Isabel Hilton in the new factories of China, Joe Sacco on Chechen rebels living in an abandoned dairy factory, Andrew Martin in the chocolate factories of York, Neil Steinberg on the last lamps in Chicago, Des Barry on the factory where his father worked, Liz Jobey on turning a factory into a home and Luc Sante on the boredom of factory work.

Plus new fiction by James Lasdun and Tessa Hadley

With a picture essay on a Rust Belt factory of the American midwest by Alec Soth.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Grove Press, Granta

Release: April 29, 2005

ISBN: 1929001193

ISBN 13: 9781929001194

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Wendy Liu

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Mar 03, 2020

The fiction was decent, if not the most memorable (I did quite enjoy the one featuring poetry in the GDR). The reportage & essays about factory work was outstanding, though maybe that’s because I’ve been reading lots of labour stuff recently - others might find it tedious. But if you want to read about factory work in the 20th century, this issue of Granta is for you.
Catherine

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Nov 23, 2017

This volume from 2005 has a terrific story by Tessa Hadley and a wonderful memoir by Thomas Healey. Otherwise some pretty grim essays on factory work.
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Sep 17, 2012

Beautiful imagery and reportage.
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