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The personal observations remind me of Orwell, but without his perspective - this author observes himself but does not rise above his observations as Orwell did
by russellallen 16y ago
The personal observations remind me of Orwell, but without his perspective - this author observes himself but does not rise above his observations as Orwell did in his similar descriptions of personal poverty.
- barrkel 16y agoThe unreliable narrator is its own observation for the reader. I can see him trapped in his pretensions, and it seems to me that it's clear to him too, but that he's unwilling to acknowledge it, and wallows in a form of cynical self-pity as a self-defense mechanism.
- sireat 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_the_Aspidistra_Flying http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_the_Aspidistra_Flying was a book disowned by Orwell in later years (mostly because of editorial changes he was forced to make). Still, it is a good book to read on trappings of wealth and poverty.
- mbenjaminsmith 16y agoDown and Out in Paris and London is his best work on poverty in my opinion (also his first book). You live through every embarrassment, stolen meal and shitty job like they are your own.