Shooting an Elephant

It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism - the real motives for which despotic governments act'' br>br>Shooting an Elephant was the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940. It is a searing and honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma: killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd, solely to avoid looking like a fool.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Orwell
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.01.2021
• EAN: 9780241515006
• ISBN: 978-0-241-51500-6
• Pagine: 48
• Dimensioni: 110 mm x 180 mm x 3 mm
• Serie: Penguin Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Myanmar, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1920 to c 1929, Colonialism and imperialism, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Myanmar (Burma)