Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming Up for Air

Informationen zum Autor George Orwell (1903–1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four . He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world. Klappentext George Orwell was a novelist unlike any other, fiercely devoted to presenting the truth as he saw it. Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a sort of comedy in which minor poet Gordon Comstock engages briefly with romantic dreams before realizing that salvation is to be found, not in escape from his life but engagement with it. Zusammenfassung George Orwell was a novelist unlike any other, fiercely devoted to presenting the truth as he saw it. Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a sort of comedy in which minor poet Gordon Comstock engages briefly with romantic dreams before realizing that salvation is to be found, not in escape from his life but engagement with it.

Product details

• Authors: George Orwell
• Publisher: Everyman's Library UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2011
• EAN: 9781841593357
• ISBN: 978-1-84159-335-7
• No. of pages: 712
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 210 mm x 37 mm
• Series: Everyman's library; Everyman's Library; Everyman's Library Classics; Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary