Giorni in Birmania
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Durante i cinque anni in cui presta servizio come agente della Polizia Imperiale Indiana in Birmania, l’attuale Myanmar, George Orwell matura due scelte di vita cruciali: diventare scrittore e schierarsi con gli ultimi. Non a caso al centro del suo secondo, splendido romanzo, Giorni in Birmania (1934), c’è un personaggio introverso e logorato da una ribellione interna contro la violenza razzista e l’ipocrisia della retorica imperialista, la stessa che impone precetti beghini e soffocanti alle comunità inglesi negli avamposti coloniali.
- ISBN: 8822767144
- Casa Editrice: Newton Compton
- Pagine: 320
- Data di uscita: 19-05-2022
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This always happens to me: I seem to forget how beautiful and almost effortless Orwell’s prose is, only to be stunned by his talent the next time I pick up one of his books. Even when he writes about mundane things, his turn of phrase has an elegance that few others have mastered – and that dry, raz Leggi tutto
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Imagine sitting in a small, dark room with George Orwell sitting ten inches away from you shouting the words, " RACISM " and " IMPERIALISM " at you for two hours. That's what it's like reading this novel. Orwell wants to get his message across so strongly that he completely forgets that coherent plots a Leggi tutto
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