{"product_id":"facing-unpleasant-facts-narrative-essays-paperback","title":"Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Packer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected--and illuminated--the fraught times in which he lived. \"As soon as he began to write something,\" comments George Packer in his foreword, \"it was as natural for Orwell to propose, generalize, qualify, argue, judge--in short, to think--as it was for Yeats to versify or Dickens to invent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFacing Unpleasant Facts \u003c\/em\u003echarts Orwell's development as a master of the narrative-essay form and unites such classics as \"Shooting an Elephant\" with lesser-known journalism and passages from his wartime diary. Whether detailing the horrors of Orwell's boyhood in an English boarding school or bringing to life the sights, sounds, and smells of the Spanish Civil War, these essays weave together the personal and the political in an unmistakable style that is at once plainspoken and brilliantly complex. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essential collection of narrative essays from a 20th century master\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected--and illuminated--the fraught times in which he lived. \"As soon as he began to write something,\" comments George Packer in his foreword, \"it was as natural for Orwell to propose, generalize, qualify, argue, judge--in short, to think--as it was for Yeats to versify or Dickens to invent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFacing Unpleasant Facts \u003c\/i\u003echarts Orwell's development as a master of the narrative-essay form and unites such classics as \"Shooting an Elephant\" with lesser-known journalism and passages from his wartime diary. Whether detailing the horrors of Orwell's boyhood in an English boarding school or bringing to life the sights, sounds, and smells of the Spanish Civil War, these essays weave together the personal and the political in an unmistakable style that is at once plainspoken and brilliantly complex. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reaffirm[s] the author's status as one of the definitive essayists in English literature.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE ORWELL \u003c\/b\u003e(1903 1950) served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of many works of nonfiction and fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE PACKER\u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e and other works. He lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso in this series: \u003ci\u003eAll Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) served with the Imperial Police in Burma, fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and was a member of the Home Guard and a writer for the BBC during World War II. He is the author of many works of nonfiction and fiction. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGEORGE PACKER is a staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq \u003c\/i\u003eand other works. He lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 7.88 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762742329632,"sku":"9780156033138","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/36e6ab4d682cedc4f0665747015902a1.webp?v=1780224904","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/facing-unpleasant-facts-narrative-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}