The Duty to Stand Aside
nineteen eighty-four and the wartime quarrel of george orwell and alex comfort
$37.86
- Paperback
132 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2020
Summary
The Duty to Stand Aside tells the story of one of the most intriguing yet little-known literary-political feuds - and friendships - in 20th-century English literature. It examines the arguments that divided George Orwell and Alex Comfort during WWII. Laursen’s book takes a fresh look at the Orwell-Comfort quarrel and the lessons it holds for our very different world - in which war has been replaced by undeclared ‘conflicts,’ civilian bombing is even more enthusiastically practiced, and moral …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849353182 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849353182 |
| Author: | Eric Laursen |
| Publisher: | AK Press |
| Imprint: | AK Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 132 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2020 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 125mm |
About The Author
Eric Laursen
Eric Laursen is an independent journalist, activist, and commentator. He is the author of The People’s Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan (AK Press, 2012), a BookList Editor’s Choice selection; and co-author of Understanding the Crash (Soft Skull Press, Spring 2010), which tells the story of the 2008 economic meltdown in text-and-graphics format. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including The Nation, The Village Voice, In These Times, Z Magazine, The Indypendent, HuffingtonPost.com, and The Arkansas Review. He is currently writing a biography of Alex Comfort. A graduate of Columbia University, he lives in Buckland, Massachusetts.
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