false <![CDATA[Why Orwell Matters]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223432677m/30551.jpg 30551 2 In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. In true emulative and contrarian style, Hitchens is both admiring and aggressive, sympathetic yet critical, taking true measure of his subject as hero and problem. Answering both the detractors and the false claimants, Hitchens tears down the façade of sainthood erected by the hagiographers and rebuts the critics point by point. He examines Orwell and his perspectives on fascism, empire, feminism, and Englishness, as well as his outlook on America, a country and culture towards which he exhibited much ambivalence. <P> Whether thinking about empires or dictators, race or class, nationalism or popular culture, Orwell's moral outlook remains indispensable in a world that has undergone vast changes in the fifty years since his death. Combining the best of Hitchens's polemical punch and intellectual elegance in a tightly woven and subtle argument, this book addresses not only why Orwell matters today, but how he will continue to matter in a future, uncertain world. <P> Christopher Hitchens, one of the most incisive minds of our own age, meets Orwell on the page in this provocative encounter of wit, contention and moral truth. 30914 10 9 2003 Why Orwell Matters total:239|5:38|4:102|3:79|2:16|1:4| 239 871 469 32 30551 0465030505 9780465030507 228 31 Why Orwell Matters 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223432677m/30551.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30551.Why_Orwell_Matters 3 2 false Mon May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 13:24:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 11:08:28 -0700 2008
No really, he practiced intellectual and journalistic honesty.

How quaint.

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