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Down and Out in Paris and London
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Originally published in 1933, George Orwell's first work is a memoir of working in grimy restaurant kitchens in Paris, and tramping the streets and living in hostels in London.
Down and Out in Paris and London is one of the great accounts of life in the underclass — of being hard-up and hungry, of sleeping in seedy hostels and working in squalid restaurants. George Orwell's first book, published when he was not yet thirty, is alive with the sights and smells of poverty. It is a revelatory memoir of surviving at the margins.
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Down and Out in Paris and London offers vivid and unsparing insights into the gritty realities behind the façade of fine dining and urban life. Anthony Bourdain praises its life-changing perspective, appreciating Orwell's exposure of the stark contrast between the superficial dining experience and the unseen chaos of kitchens. The New Statesman highlights its raw truthfulness, while the Sunday Express regards it as an unforgettable masterpiece, with precisely sketched vignettes of life amidst destitution.
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ISBN: 9781925498936
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 November 2017
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 218g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) was a teacher, novelist and journalist. He also served his country, including in the Home Guard during the Second World War. He later became the literary editor of the Tribune and wrote for the Observer and Manchester Evening News. The author of nine books, Orwell is best known for the allegorical Animal Farm (1945) and dystopian satire 1984 (1949). They have gone on to become two of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
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