‘Animal Farm’ Gets the Super Mario Bros. Treatment
A surprisingly faithful adaptation of George Orwell’s classic can’t escape its context
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George Orwell
Back To Big Brother
Sandra Newman’s compelling new novel ‘Julia’ takes us to places Orwell hinted at in ‘1984’ and offers fresh insights into repressive states
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Fail, Fail Again
‘On Writing and Failure’ by Steven Marche feels pretty true
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Down and Out: ‘A Waiter in Paris’
Memoir captures the dark side of the City of Lights’ restaurant industry
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The Boys Who Cried Orwell
Everything is Orwellian, apparently
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How George Orwell Made 1984
‘The Ministry Of Truth,’ a Definitive, if Very English, Biography of Modernity’s Most Prophetic Book
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How Close Are We To Dystopia? Despite What Michael Moore Says, Not Very.
A Novel By an Avant-Garde Genius Of The 1930s Offers Clarity
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