| Author: | Thomas Fensch | ISBN: | 9781733785228 |
| Publisher: | New Century Books | Publication: | March 1, 2019 |
| Imprint: | New Century Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thomas Fensch |
| ISBN: | 9781733785228 |
| Publisher: | New Century Books |
| Publication: | March 1, 2019 |
| Imprint: | New Century Books |
| Language: | English |
George Orwell never came to America; he published five books before fighting in the Spanish Civll War against Franco. Shot in the neck by a sniper, he came within a fraction of an inch of dying on the spot. Returning to England he published Homage to Catalonia, his experiences in Spain; then Animal Farm, the Russian Revolution in fable form, then 1984, his masterpiece, while battling tuberculosis.
1984 was instantly judged a classic and has remained so to this day.
By now, 70 years on, his never-to-be-believed dystopic science fictiion is accepted as fact.
America has gone 'way past all his warnings and, in one recent area, become involved in a horrific national debacle which Orwell -- or his Big Brother -- couldn't have dreamed of.
George Orwell never came to America; he published five books before fighting in the Spanish Civll War against Franco. Shot in the neck by a sniper, he came within a fraction of an inch of dying on the spot. Returning to England he published Homage to Catalonia, his experiences in Spain; then Animal Farm, the Russian Revolution in fable form, then 1984, his masterpiece, while battling tuberculosis.
1984 was instantly judged a classic and has remained so to this day.
By now, 70 years on, his never-to-be-believed dystopic science fictiion is accepted as fact.
America has gone 'way past all his warnings and, in one recent area, become involved in a horrific national debacle which Orwell -- or his Big Brother -- couldn't have dreamed of.
