NONFICTION
Released: May 15, 1952
"Perhaps not a book to create sensation in a day when much of what happened at Barcelona has been realized, but one enlightening in terms of showing the war way toward mutual understanding and fair play."
A history, published in Britain shortly after the author wrote it in 1937, of the few months surrounding the Barcelona Telephone Exchange riots and what the writer determines as the Communist betrayal of all of Spain's anti-fascist forces.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 26, 1953
"People, places, events and attitudes- are all caught and observed with honesty and a distillation of meaning that gives these 11 inclusions their appeal."
Collected from 1939 on, these are essays and autobiographical pieces, which while contemplative in tone, are not contended and should be welcomed by the audience Orwell has claimed.
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FICTION
Released: June 15, 1956
Richard H. Rovere introduces this generous collection of Orwellania — sections and chapters from his books and pieces from his newspaper writings, from his Burmese world to that of World War II, and after.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2002
"Admirers of Hitchens should find no fault with this appreciation, which is of an interesting piece with pal Martin Amis's Koba the Dread (p. 627). Neither should admirers of Orwell."
Vanity Fair columnist Hitchens (
Letters to a Young Contrarian, 2001, etc.), late of the English New Left, provides reassurance for those who've been staying up nights wondering whether George Orwell has any relevance in the post–Cold War world.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 3, 2003
"Like many volumes on the groaning shelf of Orwelliana, this reads more like a conversation with fellow monomaniacs than something for the general public. (16 pp. b&w illustrations, not seen)"
Carping portrait of the English patron saint of left-wing anti-communism, by a biographer who displayed a lot more enthusiasm for
Thackeray (2001).
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2005
"No matter how many incursions are made into his life, the compelling fascination of this politically and morally crucial author always comes through. "
An outstanding, if somewhat superfluous, account of "one of the great misfits of his generation."
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