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Cargando... El león y el unicornio y otros ensayos (1941)por George Orwell
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Orwell is so much more than 1984, and The Lion and the Unicorn is unassailable proof Comprised of three essays: England Your England; Shopkeepers at War; and The English Revolution, TLATU is as relevant today in early 2021 as the days it was written in the middle of WWII, when the outcome was far from decided. The first essay tears down the British Establishment and is as good a reasoning of Brexit as you'll find. The second could be describing the Establishment's actions – or inactions – during the Covid crisis. The third's description of the failures of the Labour party applies just as easily today, and its cry for revolution – the opportunity for which was sadly missed post WWII – provides a contemporary template for action. The cover picture of the Eton Rifles is icing on the cake. Sup up your beer and collect your fags There's a row going on down near Slough Get out your mat and pray to the west I'll get out mine and pray for myself. Thought you were smart when you took them on But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room All that rugby puts hairs on your chest What chance have you got against a tie and a crest? It seems harsh to criticise George Orwell's optimism when he implies that socialism has become inevitable: he was writing in 1941, I thought so in 1980. Sadly, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and, more significantly, their political gurus, came up with neoliberalism and history went into reverse. The book is, with the advantage of hind sight, a little naive in places, but it is good to get a positive reminder occasionally. Onward we go... sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Orwell es, sin dudas, un forjador de fábulas y mitos de validez universal mejor conocido por su faceta como novelista de éxitos editoriales como Rebelión en la granja o 1984. en los textos de este volumen, escritos entre 1936 y 1949, el lector encontrará al otro Orwell: al ensayista, al polemista militante y aún detrás, al lector. A través de Recuerdos de un librero, Ay qué alegrías aquellas (sobre sus recuerdos de infancia en un internado) o el extracto de el león y el unicornio: el socialismo y el genio de Inglaterra, leemos la mirada independiente, descreída, a veces tierna y siempre solidaria del autor. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This work and its message will never get old - only thing required for society to blossom is that it moves toward the better inner organization that will benefit all. It's a long process but in order to have everything the same change is required otherwise stagnation and demise will follow.
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