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On 15 February 1945, George Orwell left his desk in London to report
as a war correspondent about the advance of the Anglo-American troops
on the continent and the effects of the war against Nazi-Germany.
Orwell travelled in the wake of the victors through bombed-out German
cities. Eight months previously the house he had lived in with his
family had been destroyed by German bombs. Between 25 February and
10 June 1945, 20 of his articles were printed - 14 in The Observer
und six in Manchester Evening News. Two of them are being reprinted
here for the first time. Extracts from essays which relate to this
journey and "Revenge Is Sour", his best known essay about his experiences
in defeated Germany which appeared in the second half of 1945, are
supplemented.
Introduction by Stephen Kearney.
REVIEWS
"George Orwell's war reports have never been
collected in one volume before, (…). Now the small German publisher
Comino has taken advantage of the end of copyright restrictions
to issue Ruins (a title inspired by Orwell's report from
April 25, "Future of a Ruined Germany"). They have an additional
advantage in including a previously unknown report, making this
collection even more desirable. (...) Although not large (...),
a collection such as Ruins is another reason to examine
every part of George Orwell's work in close-up and depth."
L. J. Hurst, The
Orwell Society, (3rd October 2021)
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Taschenbuch |
ISBN 978-3-945831-31-1 |
Preis |
€ 12,00 |
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