Description
George Orwell's most celebrated work, 1984, and the prescient vision it contains of a society governed by Big Brother, predates the constant monitoring of people and data we are familiar with today by over 70 years. But his life was every bit as fascinating and forward-looking as his books.
Orwell studied at Eton, joined the police in Burma, fought in the Spanish Civil War, fiercely opposed Stalinism, and lived in London's slums while working as a journalist. With illustrations by a team of artists including Juanjo Guarnido, Enki Bilal, Manu Larcenet, Blutch and Andre Juillard, Pierre Christin and Sebastien Verdier's Orwell offers readers an intimate yet definitive portrait of our greatest political writer.
"Christin, Verdier, et al. have pulled off a rare feat. They have taken one of the most straightforward writers in the English language and made his canon and life story more accessible." - The Orwell Society
About the Author
Pierre Christin is the creator of the bestselling 'Valerian'series. Inspired by research into the world's communist regimes, he went on to produce the classic European graphic novels The Town That Didn't Exist, The Black Order Brigade, and The Hunting Party. Sebastien Verdier a self-confessed graphic-novel addict since college days, published his first book, Ultimate Agency, in 2004, with a text by Francois Corteggiani. His acclaimed collaborations have since included work with Didier Quella-Guyot, Eric Corbeyran, and - a long-standing team - Pierre Christin.
Book Information
ISBN 9781910593875
Author Pierre Christin
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint SelfMadeHero
Publisher SelfMadeHero
Weight(grams) 610g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 191mm * 17mm
