The War Commentaries

by George Orwell

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This work is a personal account by one of the greatest political writers of all time, George Orwell, about his own experiences during World War II.   Esta obra es el recuento personal de uno de los principales escritores políticos de todos los tiempos, George Orwell, sobre su propia experiencia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

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Diario de guerra 1940-1942 es el recuento personal de uno de los principales escritores políticos de todos los tiempos sobre su propia experiencia durante la segunda Guerra mundial.frustrado porque su incapacidad física le impedía enlistarse en el ejercito britanico, orwell pasó este período en Londres,entre bombardeos y amenazas de una largamente anticipada invasión de Hitler, misma que nunca se produjo. El lector encontrará un testimonio de primera mano que muestra un oro el pesimista, derrotista y acérrimamente crítico de la clase gobernante inglesa, siendo uno de sus blancos predilectos un político de la época llamado Winston Churchill.
Sin embargo, más que un medio testimonio histórico, lo que se ofrece al lector es show more otra visión del conflicto, mucho más íntima, que permite comprender cómo se vivió en Londres, en lo cotidiano, aquella gran guerra que en Las crónicas históricas aparece tan lejana y distante. Un poco a la manera Foucaultiana, Orwell advierte que la gran política y los entramados de poder empiezan desde abajo. show less
The recently discovered texts of Orwell's anti-fascist propaganda war during the critical years 1941-3. Goes even further to help us understand this strange man ...Orwell, in a word knew what it was to be Orwellian.
Good condition. Dust jacket shows shelf wear, sticker remainder, and price is cut off inside corner. Pages are clean and bright; binding is tight.
Diarios personales de George Orwell entre 1940 y 1942. Un testimonio de primera mano sobre la vida cotidiana en Londres durante esos años de la 2GM.

Es curioso comprobar la desinformación que reinaba entre los londinenses y cómo Orwell apenas da importancia a sucesos que posteriormente pasaron a la historia como por ejemplo la Batalla de Inglaterra.

Por cierto, Orwell hizo bien al dedicarse a la escritura. Como vidente se hubiera muerto de hambre ;-)
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George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in Motihari in Bengal, India and later studied at Eton College for four years. He was an assistant superintendent with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He left that position after five years and moved to Paris, where he wrote his first two books: Burmese Days and Down and Out in Paris show more and London. He then moved to Spain to write but decided to join the United Workers Marxist Party Militia. After being decidedly opposed to communism, he served in the British Home Guard and with the Indian Service of the BBC during World War II. After the war, he wrote for the Observer and was literary editor for the Tribune. His best known works are Animal Farm and 1984. His other works include A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for Air. He died on January 21, 1950 at the age of 46. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
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940.53History & geographyHistory of EuropeHistory of Europe1918-World War II, 1939-1945
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D743 .O762History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaHistory (General)World War II (1939-1945)
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