Animal Farm: Orwell’s disturbing political satire introduced by Christopher Hitchens - Couverture souple

Orwell, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784878987 ISBN 13 : 9781784878986

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 2025

Synopsis

'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'

Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to run the farm, liberating themselves and creating a new life of equality and freedom. But they have underestimated the pigs. Napoleon and Snowball form an elite and take control for themselves, and the tyranny of the farmer is replaced with another kind of control leaving the animals again subject to a ruthless and cruel authority.

Imagined only as Orwell could, this powerful fable is instilled with humour and an underlying urgency that makes this one of the most prescient warnings ever written.

'Surely one of the greatest works of literature of the 20th century, delivering truths about politics that remain, to this hour, horribly disturbing' The Times

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

George Orwell (Author)
George Orwell (1903-1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world.

Christopher Hitchens (Introducer)
Christopher Hitchens was an English-born American author, journalist and literary critic. He was a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Slate, Free Inquiry, and a variety of other media in a career that spanned more than four decades and made him a prominent public intellectual, and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. His books include The Monarchy; Blood, Class, and Nostalgia; No One Left to Lie Toand God Is Not Great. He died in 2011.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'

Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to run the farm, liberating themselves and creating a new life of equality and freedom. But they have underestimated the pigs. Napoleon and Snowball form an elite and take control for themselves, and the tyranny of the farmer is replaced with another kind of control leaving the animals again subject to a ruthless and cruel authority.

Imagined only as Orwell could, this powerful fable is instilled with humour and an underlying urgency that makes this one of the most prescient warnings ever written.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784878987
• ISBN 13: 9781784878986
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Vintage Classics; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/VCL/vintage-classics/; ; Via Mondadori 1,; Segrate Milano; 20090; Italie