Returning to the book itself is something of a tonic against despair, but: "We are living with a new kind of regime that didn't exist in Orwell's time. It combines hard nationalism"the diversion of frustration and cynicism into xenophobia and hatred"with soft distraction and confusion: a blend of Orwell and Huxley, cruelty and entertainment." And […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AM on June 10, 2019