Tempo di lettura stimato:
12h 16m
Editore: Penguin Books
Anno: 2003
Lingua: Inglese
Rilegatura: Flessibile
Pagine: 368 Pagine
Isbn 10: 0141187395
Isbn 13: 9780141187396
"Shooting an Elephant" is Orwell's searing and painfully 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 a fool'. The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as "My Country Right or Left", "How the Poor Die" and "Such, Such were the Joys", his memoir of the horrors of public school, as well as discussions of Shakespeare, sleeping rough, boys' weeklies, and a spirited defence of English cooking. Opinionated, uncompromising, provocative, and hugely entertaining, all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subject.
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