KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING (GEORGE ORWELL COLLECTION)

Set in 1936 England, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is George Orwell's commentary on middle class life. The protagonist, Gordon Comstock believes that money can hold one at ransom and so consciously snubs any attempts at getting a 'Good Job' that could see him settle into a simple, comfortable existence where he lives the life of every other middle-class family around him, nurturing the aspidistra plant as a symbol of such a life.

Despite the presence of a supportive family, his large-hearted sister Julia, his friend Ravelston and his steadfast love, Rosemary, Comstock resists the steady life of self-inflicted penury as a symbol of all things anti-Capitalist and anti-consumerist.

It is only when Rosemary announces that she is going to have his baby that he decides to put this kind of thinking behind and in a moment of clarity realises that 'the aspidistra is the tree of life'.

Does he manage to accept his way of life or revert to his destructive self?

ISBN: 9789390213733
Imprint: Wilco Publishing House
Dimensions: 130mm x 198mm
Weight: 210g
No. Of Pages: 272