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Absolutely loved this. It's a collection of extracts from various books and essays over the years, mainly themed around freedom of intellect and speech. I'm a huge Orwell fan so a lot of this wasn't new to me, but it's a great condensation of the key points he made. I believe very few understood, or Leggi tutto

"Libertatea de expresie este de neimaginat. Toate celelalte libertăți sunt permise. Ești liber să fii bețiv, trântor, laș, lasciv, ești liber să muști pe la spate; dar nu ești liber să gândești cu propria-ți minte." "Fiecare persoană din ziua de azi care gândește e încremenită de frică." "Una dintre c Leggi tutto

Felt the need for a shot of Orwell, so I picked up this small sampler-type volume. It’s an interesting collection of excerpts from Orwell’s works with brief pieces taken from his novels, essays, magazine articles, book reviews, newspaper columns, letters and radio broadcasts. These are arranged chro Leggi tutto

I’m not quite sure what to make if this anthology of Orwell’s writing. I was given two - one titled Freedom and this One titled Truth. This is the better of the two. There are some interesting pieces and they show Orwell’s brilliance. It has also a nice introduction by Alan Johnson. But, and this is Leggi tutto

One of the most important books I’ve read in years. Frightening at times with how little we have moved on in the last 60 years. As well as helping to show the motivation behind his novels, the non-fiction extracts also help to square off the world of modern politics too. Everyone should read this! Leggi tutto

“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”. George Orwell is still regarded as the great prophet of rising totalitarianism, government thought-control, and mass manipulation of behavior. George Orwell wrote about many topics over the course of his career, but the purpose Leggi tutto

Wow. This book was amazing. Orwell was so ahead of his time. Or maybe he was exactly in his time and the fact that his writing is still applicable should be concerning. Everything he wrote on has such relevance to today. If anything, we've only increased in the things he was warning against. If you

Mi-am petrecut a doua parte a zilei de astăzi cu această carte care reunește, în aproximativ 200 de pagini, câteva dintre cele mai importante fragmente din operele lui Orwell și din articolele publicate de acesta. "Mai mult citat, decât citit" (așa cum ne spune Teodor Baconschi în prefață), Orwell ră Leggi tutto