Peter Davison Knihy

Jedno z najznámejších diel svetovej literatúry spája prvky spoločensko-politického a vedecko-fantastického románu, pričom obžalováva komunistickú diktatúru, ktorá v roku 1984 ovládla všetko, vrátane ľudského myslenia. V centre príbehu je osud čestného a citlivého jednotlivca, Winstona Smitha, ktorý sa vzoprie systému a za to platí krutú daň. Orwell už v roku 1948 predstavil víziu, ktorá sa neskôr stala realitou. Po dlhých rokoch ideologických obmedzení majú slovenskí čitatelia možnosť zoznámiť sa s Orwellovým vrcholným dielom. Komunistická diktatúra ovládla všetko, a Winston Smith, ako čestný jedinec, sa snaží vzoprieť spoločnosti. Dielo je pochmúrnym a vizionárskym obrazom odľudštenej spoločnosti, pričom autor písal v čase, keď umieral na tuberkulózu. Slovenský čitateľ, poznajúci podobné skúsenosti, nájde v Orwellovom opise spoločnosti osobitnú rezonanciu. George Orwell, vlastným menom Eric Arthur Blair, sa narodil v Indii a do Anglicka sa presťahoval vo veku štyroch rokov. Jeho literárny debut sa datuje do roku 1933, a hoci pochádzal z prostredia predurčujúceho k pravicovým ideám, hlásil sa k ľavici a demokratickému socializmu. Jeho odpor k totalitným praktikám ho urobil jedným z najvýraznejších kritikov komunistického režimu. Medzi jeho najznámejšie dielo patrí aj novela Zvieracia farma a román Tisíc deväťsto osemdesiatštyri.

Orwell's classic satire ANIMAL FARM continues to be an international best seller. For the first time ever, ORWELL AND POLITICS brings this major work together with the author's other works exploring the nature of politics and the Second World War.

His fans have spoken, but despite their requests, Peter Davison has gone ahead and written his autobiography anyway. It wasn't the book they tried to stop - it was more like the book they didn't want him to start.

George Orwell's account of his experience as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. The book describes the chaos at the Front, the futile young deaths for what became a confused cause, the antique weapons and the disappointment many British Socialists felt on arriving in Spain to help.

“No one has attempted so knowing and evocative a description of this literary milieu. . . . Davidson’s approach is both novel and illuminating. He presents his authors individually [and as] a group, carefully tracing their relation to one another. . . . He is uniquely qualified to chronicle the complex story. He is the ultimate literary Boston insider―not only the longtime poetry editor for the Atlantic Montly but successively a key editor at three major publishing houses. The author of nine volumes of poetry, he knew all the major characters of his narrative personally. . . . [His book] provides a candid, first-hand account of the mid-century poetic revolution.” ―Dana Gioia, Washington Post Book World This extraordinary account, by a participant who knew them all, offers vivid reminiscences of Robert Lowell, Adrienne Rich, Stanley Kunitz, Sylvia Plath, Richard Wilbur, Anne Sexton, W. S. Merwin, and many others who interacted with each other and shaped American poetry at mid-century.

Covers every aspect of handling a yacht in all types of weather conditions -- from finding the best course and managing the sail and spinnaker to maneuvering the boat and man-overboard avoidance procedure, as well as recovery techniques. A profusion of detailed diagrams and quick-reference charts illustrates the perfect tack, the perfect gibe, and spinnaker work.

Ever since its publication in 1948, George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian regime where Big Brother controls its citizens like 'a boot stamping on a human face' has become a touchstone for human freedom, and one of the most widely-read books in the world. In this new annotated edition Orwell's biographer D. J. Taylor elucidates the full meaning of this timeless satire, explaining contemporary references in the novel, placing it in the context of Orwell's life, elaborating on his extraordinary use of language and explaining the terms such as Newspeak, Doublethink and Room 101 that have become familiar phrases today. This is the essential edition of the essential book of modern times. Annotated and with an Introduction by D. J. Taylor 'The book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance.' Independent 'The greatest writer of the twentieth century.' Observer