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redlines publications and thoughts of ed walker skip to content redlines publications and thoughts of ed walker menu welcome to redlines blog publications contact submissions bookshops welcome to redlines fiction that informs enrages but never preaches one of the first books i read at school a kestrel for a knave by barry hines was published in 1968 with the film version directed by ken loach kes appearing in 1969 a reviewer marking half a century since the book s publication wrote this was an era when there was an appetite for working class regional writing it was an era when writers from humble backgrounds had access to networks so scarce today that could open the doors of opportunity even if the setting is grim and the story tragic the novel succeeds in lifting the spirit later the book i read with greatest pleasure was the ragged trousered philanthropists by robert tressell a comic novel based on the fictionalized lives of real painters and decorators in hastings on england s south coast you may know the film the treasure of the sierra madre directed by john huston and starring humphrey bogart and walter huston but do you know the book on which the film is based first published in 1927 as der schatz der sierra madre it was written by the prolific but mysterious author b traven a german revolutionary living in exile both the ragged trousered philanthropists and the treasure of the sierra madre contain very simple explanations of marx s economic theories they appear as natural parts of the story that is the essence of socially engaged literature it informs and maybe even enrages but it doesn t preach oskar maria graf belongs to the same tradition his exact ideology is difficult to pin down marxist anarchist antifascist but the two books i have translated we are prisoners and anton sittinger provide fantastic insights into what was going on in weimar germany from a radical perspective such literature can take any form novels autobiography poetry it need not be and should not be written as propaganda really there are only two criteria that matter first that the work makes us think and second that it is a bloody good read share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook this site is dedicated to the publication of new works of fiction and literature in translation what they all have in common is a radical socialist perspective shorter texts and extracts are available either on the blogs pages or via links in the publications section you will find books that can be purchased online or through bookshops subscribe to blog via email enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address subscribe join 10 other subscribers website powered by wordpress com subscribe subscribed redlines sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy redlines subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar