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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsFacing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essaysby George Orwell
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected--and illuminated--the fraught times in which he lived. "As soon as he began to write something," comments George Packer in his foreword, "it was as natural for Orwell to propose, generalize, qualify, argue, judge--in short, to think--as it was for Yeats to versify or Dickens to invent." Facing Unpleasant Facts charts Orwell's development as a master of the narrative-essay form and unites such classics as "Shooting an Elephant" with lesser-known journalism and passages from his wartime diary. Whether detailing the horrors of Orwell's boyhood in an English boarding school or bringing to life the sights, sounds, and smells of the Spanish Civil War, these essays weave together the personal and the political in an unmistakable style that is at once plainspoken and brilliantly complex. Synopsis:Whether detailing the horrors of Orwell's boyhood in an English boarding school or bringing to life the sights, sounds, and smells of the Spanish Civil War, these narrative essays weave together the personal and the political in an unmistakable style that is at once plainspoken and brilliantly complex. About the AuthorGEORGE ORWELL (1903–1950) served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of many works of nonfiction and fiction. GEORGE PACKER is a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq and other works. He lives in Brooklyn.
Table of Contentscontents Foreword by George Packer • vii Introduction by George Packer • xv The Spike • 1 Clink • 11 A Hanging • 23 Shooting an Elephant • 29 Bookshop Memories • 38 Marrakech • 44 My Country Right or Left • 52 War-time Diary • 59 England Your England • 109 Dear Doktor Goebbels—Your British Friends Are Feeding Fine! • 139 Looking Back on the Spanish War • 143 As I Please, 1 • 167 As I Please, 2 • 172 As I Please, 3 • 175 As I Please, 16 • 180 Revenge Is Sour • 184 The Case for the Open Fire • 189 The Sporting Spirit • 193 In Defence of English Cooking • 198 A Nice Cup of Tea • 201 The Moon Under Water • 205 In Front of Your Nose • 209 Some Thoughts on the Common Toad • 214 A Good Word for the Vicar of Bray • 219 Why I Write • 224 How the Poor Die • 232 Such, Such Were the Joys • 245 Notes • 296 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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