'This selection is a ceaseless delight ... there is a treat on
almost every page' Daily Telegraph George Orwell wrote, in his
words, from 'a desire to see things as they are'. This new
collection of his journalism and other writings, including
articles, essays, broadcasts, poems, book and film reviews from
across his career, shows his unmatched genius for observing the
world. Whether discussing Polish immigration or Scottish
independence, railing against racism, defending the English
language or holding an imaginary conversation with Jonathan Swift,
these pieces reveal a clear-eyed, entertaining and eternally
relevant chronicler of his age. Edited with an introduction by
Peter Davison 'Orwell's luminous gift was for seeing things, for
noticing what others missed, took for granted or simply found
uninteresting, for discovering meaning and wonder in the
familiarity of the everyday... Nothing escaped or seemed beneath
his notice, which was what made him such a good reporter... Seeing
Things As They Are is intended to be a collection first and
foremost of his journalism, with preference given to lesser-known
pieces and reviews as well as some of the poems he wrote. It is
full of interest and curiosities' Jason Cowley, Financial Times
'Peter Davison gives us a feast of [Orwell's] shorter writings,
showing how from such hesitant beginnings he evolved into the
writer of enduring importance we know, committed to decency,
equality and political honesty, who could nevertheless wax lyrical
over the first signs of spring or an imaginary English pub' Gordon
Bowker, Independent
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