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Protagonist James Flory is a timber merchant, whose facial birthmark serves as an outward expression of the ironic and left-leaning habits of mind that make him inwardly different from his coevals. Flory appreciates the local culture, has native allegiances, and detests the racist machinations of his fellow Club members. Alas, he doesn't always possess the moral courage, or the energy, to stand against them. His almost embarrassingly Anglophile friend, Dr. Veraswami, the highest-ranking native official, seems a shoo-in for Club membership, until Machiavellian magistrate U Po Kyin launches a campaign to discredit him that results, ultimately, in the loss not just of reputations but of lives. Whether to endorse Veraswami or to betray him becomes a kind of litmus test of Flory's character.
Against this backdrop of politics and ethics, Orwell throws the shadow of romance. The arrival of the bobbed blonde, marriageable, and resolutely anti-intellectual Elizabeth Lackersteen not only casts Flory as hapless suitor but gives Orwell the chance to show that he's as astute a reporter of nuanced social interactions as he is of political intrigues. In fact, his combination of an astringently populist sensibility, dead-on observations of human behavior, formidable conjuring skills, and no-frills prose make for historical fiction that stands triumphantly outside of time. --Joyce Thompson
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Three key novels from the 1930s by the author who later became world-famous for his political satires, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four.George Orwell was a novelist unlike any other, fiercely devoted to presenting the truth as he saw it. The three novels in this collection date from the 1930s, before his political satires Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four made him world-famous. Compelling works in their own right, they are all studies of men at odds with their surroundings. In Burmese Days, the darkest of the three, a frustrated expatriate finds himself trapped between the decadence of his own people and the corruption of the natives they claim to rule. Coming Up for Airdramatizes the frustration of every little man in his hopeless struggle against bourgeois respectability. Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a sort of comedy in which minor poet Gordon Comstock engages briefly with romantic dreams before realizing that salvation is to be found, not in escape from his life but engagement with it. George Orwell was a novelist unlike any other, fiercely devoted to presenting the truth as he saw it. Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a sort of comedy in which minor poet Gordon Comstock engages briefly with romantic dreams before realizing that salvation is to be found, not in escape from his life but engagement with it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781841593357
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Book Description Condition: New. 2011. 1st Print, This Edition. Hardcover. Focusing on authors work, this title offers a collection of three stories dated from the 1930s. It features books such as, In Burmese Days, Coming Up for Airdramatizes, and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 39. Weight in Grams: 732. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781841593357
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. George Orwell was a novelist unlike any other, fiercely devoted to presenting the truth as he saw it. Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a sort of comedy in which minor poet Gordon Comstock engages briefly with romantic dreams before realizing that salvation is to be found, not in escape from his life but engagement with it. Seller Inventory # B9781841593357
Book Description Condition: New. 2011. 1st Print, This Edition. Hardcover. Focusing on authors work, this title offers a collection of three stories dated from the 1930s. It features books such as, In Burmese Days, Coming Up for Airdramatizes, and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 39. Weight in Grams: 732. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781841593357
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 11858305-n