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Chargement... Burmese Days, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Coming Up for Air (2011)par George Orwell
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. What a good author George Orwell was, in these lesser-known books. 'Burmese Days' is excellent on the arrogance and futility of the British Empire.'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' is on idealism and real life. 'Coming up for Air' is about a remembered childhood. Burmese Days: I thought this was a good description of a British imperialist endeavor and the worker bees doing the dirty work for the Crown. Each of the Europeans deals or not with a completely foreign culture they have no interest in other than exploiting on the behalf of their country. To be continued once I read the next novel here. Three early novels of Orwell before he became a household word with Animal Farm and 1984, all or deftly plotted and worth reading, can see hints of the future works in these stories, including his pessimism. My favourite of the three is the last, Coming Up for Air, funny and tragically nostalgic, you cant go home again. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Collects three early novels by the influential English author. Burmese days: In the hermetic world of 1930s colonial Burma, a corrupt Burmese politician uses the powers of his office to win membership in a British club. Keep the aspidistra flying: A poor young Londoner, who disdains conventional lifestyles and goals, works by day in a bookstore and writes by night in a cold rented room. Coming up for air: An insurance salesman's win of a small sum on the racetrack spurs memories of his childhood in a country village. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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