01955 a2200313 4500 115585 115585 BJBSDDR 20230411090733.0 ta 112921s2021 enk||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781448217694 (pbk) 1448217695 (pbk) spa BJBSDDR eng PR 6029 O79B 2021 929 Bradford, Richard, 1957- Orwell : a man of our time / Richard Bradford London : Bloomsbury Caravel, 2020 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 20 cm First published in Great Britain in 2020. Includes bibliographical references and index. One of the most enduringly popular and controversial writers of the twentieth century, George Orwell's work is as relevant today as it was in his own lifetime. Possibly, in the age of Brexit and populism, even more so. He foresaw 'Fake News' in Nineteen Eighty Four's 'Doublethink', the creation of the EU and predicted that post-Imperial xenophobia would cause Britain to leave it. Separate from his career as a political theorist and novelist, Orwell's life is fascinating in its own right. Disillusioned with his family's upper middle-class complacency, Orwell grew to despise the class system that spawned him, despite finding himself unable to fully detach himself from it. In truth he reserved as much suspicion and distaste for the 'proles' as he did pity. This book offers a vivid portrait of the man behind the writings, placing him and his work at the centre of the current political landscape. Orwell, George 1903-1950. Orwell, George, 1903-1950 Crítica e interpretación 1471 Autores ingleses Siglo XX Biografía 4088 Novela inglesa Siglo XX Historia y crítica lcc BK dpf 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2021-11-29 0 PR 6029 O79B 2021 00000156202 2021-11-29 00:00:00 1 2021-11-29 BK