Orwell on Truth
«He made it his business to tell the truth at a time when many contemporaries believed that history had ordained the lie … His work endures, as lucid and vigorous as the day it was written»
Time
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.' A selection of George Orwell's prescient, clear-eyed and stimulating writing on the subjects of truth and lies. With an introduction by Alan Johnson. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Harvill Secker
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 224
- ISBN
- 9781787300521
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 18 x 12 cm
Anmeldelser
«He made it his business to tell the truth at a time when many contemporaries believed that history had ordained the lie … His work endures, as lucid and vigorous as the day it was written»
Time
«He was more than just a great writer. We need him today because of his passion for the truth’»
Sunday Times
«Orwell remains the gold standard by which everyone else’s efforts should be judged»
Telegraph
«A writer who is still vividly contemporary … Orwell told the truth»
Christopher Hitchens
«The greatest writer of the twentieth century»
Observer