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Orwell's Island

- George, Jura and 1984
Af: Les Wilson Engelsk Paperback

Orwell's Island

- George, Jura and 1984
Af: Les Wilson Engelsk Paperback
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Revered across the globe as an author of compelling novels, journalism, and essays that came to define the twentieth century, George Orwell was an unmatched political visionary, shining a light on the insidious nature of propaganda. Yet this chronicler of war, social injustices and urban poverty spent his later years living in a rustic abandoned farmhouse that was miles from the nearest neighbor. His rural escape was on the remote Scottish island of Jura—another paradox, given that he had harbored an irrational prejudice against Scotland for much of his life.

In 1946, Orwell arrived at his isolated home of Barnhill as a grieving widower living in the shadow of war and the nuclear threat. It was there he wrote his masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Beyond the writing desk, he was transformed: his new life was one of natural beauty and tight-knit community—and he grew to love a corner of the world that he had once dismissed.

Orwell’s Island casts important new light on a great modern thinker and author. No previous biography has revealed so much about Orwell’s later years or his time on Jura, despite this being where he created Big Brother, the Thought Police and Room 101—creations still in common currency today. 
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Revered across the globe as an author of compelling novels, journalism, and essays that came to define the twentieth century, George Orwell was an unmatched political visionary, shining a light on the insidious nature of propaganda. Yet this chronicler of war, social injustices and urban poverty spent his later years living in a rustic abandoned farmhouse that was miles from the nearest neighbor. His rural escape was on the remote Scottish island of Jura—another paradox, given that he had harbored an irrational prejudice against Scotland for much of his life.

In 1946, Orwell arrived at his isolated home of Barnhill as a grieving widower living in the shadow of war and the nuclear threat. It was there he wrote his masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Beyond the writing desk, he was transformed: his new life was one of natural beauty and tight-knit community—and he grew to love a corner of the world that he had once dismissed.

Orwell’s Island casts important new light on a great modern thinker and author. No previous biography has revealed so much about Orwell’s later years or his time on Jura, despite this being where he created Big Brother, the Thought Police and Room 101—creations still in common currency today. 
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781913393779
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1913393771
Kategori: Inner Hebrides
Udg. Dato: 21 sep 2023
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 128mm
Forlag: Saraband
Oplagsdato: 21 sep 2023
Forfatter(e): Les Wilson
Forfatter(e) Les Wilson

Kategori Inner Hebrides

ISBN-13 9781913393779

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 198mm

Højde 128mm

Udg. Dato 21 sep 2023

Oplagsdato 21 sep 2023

Forlag Saraband

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