Animal Farm 50th Anniversary Edition

Animal Farm 50th Anniversary Edition Book Description Since its publication in 1945, Animal Farm has become one of the most controversial books in history. It was translated into dozens of languages around the world and met with millions of readers. The edition in your hand was specially designed to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the book. The dark world of Animal Farm comes to life with 100 colorful drawings and sketches by Ralph Steadman, one of the most important political cartoonists of our time. Animal Farm, which still maintains its importance and currency the day it was written, is a striking satire on the Soviet Union. A unique dystopia that shows how animals on a farm rebel against their owners and overthrow tyranny with revolutions, but that power poisons every powerful person and even the most noble goals can be abused. This special edition also includes the foreword that Orwell wrote for the book, which was not published at that time, and the foreword he wrote for the Ukrainian edition in 1947. These additional texts reveal which historical events Orwell was influenced by while writing the book and how he handled the period in which he lived. (From the Promotional Bulletin)