Shooting an Elephant
Autor George Orwellen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 ian 2021
Shooting an Elephantwas the first piece of writing by George Orwell to be published by Penguin, in 1940. It is a searing and honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma: killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd, solely to avoid looking like a fool.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241515006
ISBN-10: 0241515009
Pagini: 48
Dimensiuni: 110 x 180 x 3 mm
Greutate: 0.03 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241515009
Pagini: 48
Dimensiuni: 110 x 180 x 3 mm
Greutate: 0.03 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Eric
Arthur
Blair
(1903-1950),
better
known
by
his
pen-name,George
Orwell,
was
born
in
India,
where
his
father
worked
for
the
Civil
Service.
An
author
and
journalist,
Orwell
was
one
of
the
most
prominent
and
influential
figures
in
twentieth-century
literature.
His
unique
political
allegoryAnimal
Farmwas
published
in
1945,
and
it
was
this
novel,
together
with
the
dystopia
ofNineteen
Eighty-Four(1949),
which
brought
him
world-wide
fame.
His
novels
and
non-fiction
includeBurmese
Days,
Down
and
Out
in
Paris
and
London,
The
Road
to
Wigan
PierandHomage
to
Catalonia.