Keep the Aspidistra Flying - Couverture rigide

Orwell, George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0436350068 ISBN 13 : 9780436350061

Editeur : Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1986

Synopsis

A novel about a copywriter who embarks on a new life as a poetry writing bookseller, an action that has disastrous consequences. Determined to rebel against dull respectability he sets off on a voyage of discovery, accompanied by a faithful female companion.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Enlivened with vivid autobiographical detail, George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence from the author of 1984, with an introduction by Peter Davison in Penguin Modern Classics. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced. Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. All his novels and non-fiction, including Burmese Days (1934), Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) and Homage to Catalonia (1938) are published in Penguin Modern Classics. If you enjoyed Keep the Aspidistra Flying you might like Orwell's Burmese Days, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'A completely harrowing and stark account of poverty ... written in clear and violent language'Cyril Connolly

Présentation de l'éditeur

Enlivened with vivid autobiographical detail, George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence from the author of 1984. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0436350068
• ISBN 13: 9780436350061
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 303
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible