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Smart little(supposedly semi-autobiographical) look by Orwell at the "money world", and what it means to live in it as an artist. Not up to the level of 1984 or Animal Farm (what is, though, really?), but still a highly enjoyable satire of both the indiginities of capitalism and the pretensions of the so-called starving artist.
Gordon Comstock is an aspiring poet who, upon noticing that he's almost 30 and nearly "moth-eaten" already, declares war on the "money-god" and makes a resolution never t ...more
Gordon Comstock is an aspiring poet who, upon noticing that he's almost 30 and nearly "moth-eaten" already, declares war on the "money-god" and makes a resolution never t ...more
This is the book that made me realize being an adult was going to suck.
Feb 24, 2019
Paulio Himmelmench
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