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The Last Man in Europe by Glover, Dennis

ISBN: 9781863959377 PUBLISHER: Black Inc. FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 160 PUBLICATION DATE: 3.07.2017 DIMENSIONS: 23.5 x 15.3 x 2.5 centimetres

DESCRIPTION: Fortythree years old and suffering from the tuberculosis that within three winters will take his life, Orwell comes to see the book as his legacy the culmination of a career spent fighting to preserve the freedoms which the wars and upheavals of the twentieth century have threatened. Completing the book is an urgent challenge, a race against death.In this illuminating novel, Dennis Glover masterfully explores the creation of Orwell's classic work, which for millions of readers worldwide defined the twentieth century. Simultaneously a captivating drama, a unique literary excavation and an unflinching portrait of a beloved British writer, The Last Man in Europe will change the way you understand Nineteen EightyFour.'Dennis Glover has dared to burrow into the moral universe of George Orwell, there to look through his unblinking eyes upon the malevolence, vanity, cowardice and deceit that menace the potential for a decent society. The result is a story rivetingly told, not only of Orwell's insight and courage, but of his torments, his loves, his gutwrenching struggles. Read this book to better know and understand an essential figure of the 20th century whose writing and example still speak to us with urgency.'Don Watson'This is a novel about George Orwell and 1984, written uncannily in the style Orwell would have used if he had decided to write a novel about his own life. The result is a fascinating, compelling and, in the end, a d

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