Books v. Cigarettes: George Orwell - Brossura

Penguin

 
9780141036618: Books v. Cigarettes: George Orwell

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Partendo dal dilemma se spendere più soldi per leggere o fumare, i saggi divertenti e intransigenti di George Orwell esplorano tutto, dai pericoli delle librerie di seconda mano alla dubbia professione del critico, dalla libertà di stampa al vero significato del patriottismo.

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Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

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Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell’s entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means.

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