Everything began with the death in despair of a pauperized vegetable vendor, in a small provincial town in the hinterland of Tunisia.

一切都是从突尼斯一个偏远的外省小镇上一个贫穷的卖菜的小贩在绝望中的死亡开始的。

Grand pianos became a currency or sorts as pauperized members of the civil service elites traded the symbols of their old status for a sack of potatoes and a side of bacon.

大钢琴成为一种货币，申领救济金的公务员们可以用这一往日地位的象征，换得一袋土豆或一片培根。