by George Orwell · Ediciones del Viento, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418227288
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The life of the small British colony in the Burmese village of Kyauktada unfolds amidst stifling heat, endless alcoholic appetizers at the English club, and small-town intrigues. However, the sympathy of Flory, a representative of a timber company, towards the natives seems to create some unease among his compatriots. The wealthy and corrupt local subdivisional magistrate, U Po Kyin, will try to take advantage of this circumstance for his own benefit. Unexpectedly, a charming and capricious woman, Miss Lackersteen, joins the community, and everything begins to falter. Orwell, who was born in India in 1903 but moved to England with his mother and siblings at the age of one, returned to the Asian continent at nineteen to serve in the colonial police of Burma. This novel, the writer's first, is the fruit of those years.
Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
