The Last Man in Europe

Autor*innen

• Sue Glover

Parameter

• 256 Seiten
• 9 Lesestunden

• Belletristik
• Historische Romane
• Politik
• Politikwissenschaft
• Schottland

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1947. In a damp, run-down farmhouse on the island of Jura, George Orwell is embarking on his greatest work: Nineteen Eighty-Four. Forty-four years old and suffering from the tuberculosis that will eventually take his life, this book is 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 task - a race against death.Dennis Glover explores the creation of Orwell's final 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 writer, The Last Man in Europe will change the way you understand Nineteen Eighty-Fourand George Orwell himself.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Einband: Paperback