Books
by Emma Larkin
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Finding George Orwell in Burma |
The author's quest for Orwell takes her to all the places he lived and visited in the mid-1920's. She deftly combines political travelogue with literary appreciation, no more surprisingly than by suggesting that a trilogy of Orwell novels, Burmese Days (bwl 56), Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four are a tragic metaphor for the recent history of this benighted country. She also highlights the disconnect between Orwell's early colonial behaviour and his later progressive views.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 56 Spring 2010) |
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