Orwell

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An intimate look at the life and work of England's greatest novelist and political essayist, and author of the dystopian masterpiece 1984 George Orwell's most celebrated work, 1984, and the prescient vision it contains of a society governed by Big Brother predates the constant monitoring of people and data we are familiar with today by almost 70 years. But his life was every bit as fascinating and forward-looking as his books. Orwell studied at Eton, joined the police in Burma, fought in the Spanish Civil War, fiercely opposed Stalinism, and lived in London's slums while working as a journalist. With illustrations by artists including Annie Goetzinger, Juanjo Guarnido, Enki Bilal, Manu Larcenet, Blutch, and Andr Juillard, Pierre Christin's Orwell offers readers an intimate yet definitive portrait of our greatest political writer.

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Pierre Christin is the creator of the bestselling Valrianseries. Inspired by research into the worlds communist regimes, he went on to produce the classic European graphic novels The Town That Didnt Exist, The Black Order Brigade, and The Hunting Party. Sbastien Verdier a self-confessed graphic-novel addict since college days, published his first book, Ultimate Agency, in 2004, with a text by Franois Corteggiani. His acclaimed collaborations have since included work with Didier Quella-Guyot, ric Corbeyran, and a long-standing team Pierre Christin.