Why Orwell Matters - by Christopher Hitchens (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this brilliant and contemplative biographical essay, Hitchens assesses the life, the achievement, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, the masterful polemicist Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. True to his 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 façe 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. 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 seven decades since his death. Combining the best of Hitchens' 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/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Not only a fine defense of Orwell's politics, but also the most stimulating introduction available to almost every other aspect of his work.--<i><b>The Sunday Telegraph (London)</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Christopher Hitchens</b> is a contributing editor to <i>Vanity Fair</i> and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School. He is the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Orwell, Mother Teresa, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger, and his #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and National Book Award nominee, <i>God Is Not Great</i>.
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