{"product_id":"seeing-things-as-they-are","title":"Seeing Things As They Are","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn enlightening anthology of George Orwell''s journalism and non-fiction writing, showing his genius across a wide variety of genres. Selected by leading expert Peter Davison.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamous for his novels and essays, Orwell remains one of our very best journalists and commentators. Confronting social, political and moral dilemmas head-on, he was fearless in his writing: a champion of free speech, a defender against social injustice and a sharp-eyed chronicler of the age. But his work is also timeless, as pieces on immigration, Scottish independence and a Royal Commission on the Press attest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeeing Things As They Are\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled by renowned Orwell scholar Peter Davison, brings together in one volume many of Orwell’s articles and essays for journals and newspapers, his broadcasts for the BBC, and his book, theatre and film reviews. Little escaped Orwell’s attention: he writes about the Spanish Civil War, public schools and poltergeists, and reviews books from \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eMein Kampf\u003c\/i\u003e. Almost half of his popular ‘As I Please’ weekly columns, written while literary editor of the \u003ci\u003eTribune \u003c\/i\u003eduring the 1940s, are collected here, ranging over topics as diverse as the purchase of rose bushes from Woolworth’s to the Warsaw Uprising. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whether political, poetic, polemic or personal, this is surprising, witty and intelligent writing to delight in. A mix of well-known and intriguing, less familiar pieces, this engaging collection illuminates our understanding of Orwell’s work as a whole.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316233773438,"sku":"NW9781846558993","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781846558993.jpg?v=1778718066","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/seeing-things-as-they-are","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}