Written in 1929 by a young innovative author, Living is the account of life in a British factory town of that time.  We follow both the workers of the factory and the owner’s lives.  The factory is an iron foundry, just starting to shift from a hand-crafted tradition to a more automated version.  Most of the workers featured are the older generation, having been with the firm most of their lives, and not a few are facing retirement, voluntary or not, without much of a […]