| In Front of Your Nose: 1946-1950 Contributor(s): Orwell, George (Author), Orwell, Sonia (Editor), Angus, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1567921361 ISBN-13: 9781567921366 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00037540 |
| Series: Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters George Orwell |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.55 lbs) 555 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Essays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1945 to 1950. Even many decades after his death, the more we read of Orwell, the more clearly we can think about our world and ourselves. In the years following the end of the Second World War, Orwell published many of his greatest essays: "You and the Atomic Bomb", "Politics and the English Language," "The Prevention of Literature," and "Why I Write." All these, and more, are included here--along with correspondence and other pieces that provide fascinating insight into his dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, newspeak, memory hole--all invented by Orwell to describe the workings of a totalitarian state. Orwell wrote his greatest novel while suffering from tuberculous and he died the year after its publication in 1950. This is collection of writing, however, creates the astonishing record of an imperishable mind. This fourth volume of the Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters by George Orwell will be enjoyed by anyone who believes that words can go a long way toward changing the world. |