TY  - GEN
AU  - Bradford,Richard
TI  - Orwell: a man of our time 
SN  - 9781448217694 (pbk)
AV  - PR 6029 O79B 2021
U1  - 929 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Caravel
KW  - Orwell, George
KW  - Orwell, George, 
KW  - Autores ingleses
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Biografía
KW  - Novela inglesa
KW  - Historia y crítica
N1  - First published in Great Britain in 2020
; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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.
ER  -