A lush exploration of roses, pleasure, and politics, and a fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world “In the year 1936 a writer planted roses.” So begins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers...(展开全部)

‘Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening’ wrote George Orwell in 1940. Inspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell planted in his cottage in Hertfordshire, Rebecca Solnit explores how his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics of nature and pow...(展开全部)

A lush exploration of roses, pleasure, and politics, and a fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world “In the year 1936 a writer planted roses.” So begins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers...(展开全部)

《1984》描写了未来社会即1984年大洋国一个普通人的日常生活。在大洋国，权力高度集中在“党”英社的手中，到处张贴着党的领袖老大哥的画像，几乎到处都安有电屏幕，思想警察神出鬼没，人们主要指党员，无时无刻不在被监视、被监听，连自由地思想都是一种罪。主人公温斯顿·史密斯在真理部从事篡改历史的工作，他对所处的社会和老大哥渐渐地产生了怀疑，在与另一名党员朱莉雅秘密恋爱后，逐渐成为思想犯，被思想警察逮捕……全书文笔犀利冷峻，以惊人的敏锐洞察力、严密的逻辑推理和丰富的想象力刻画了未来极权主义社会的面貌，警醒世人提防这种预想中的黑暗成为现实。

在线阅读本书 Two Twins, One Eyeball, No Surrender Pet has long endured the trickery of its mischievous masters, Edgar and Ellen, but no more! The one-eyed creature has newfound strength, willpower, and a plan that could tear the twins apart. Meanwhile, the Knightleighs have invaded the twins' house, and Edgar and Ellen are worried -- not until Ellen starts acting very oddly. Sh...(展开全部)

理查德·布劳提根（Richard Brautigan） 美国诗人、小说家，美国“后垮掉派”与反文化运动的代表人物。1935年生于华盛顿州塔科马，1984年于旧金山自杀身亡。主要著作有长篇小说《在美国钓鳟鱼》《在西瓜糖里》，诗集《避孕药与春山矿难》等。嬉皮士一度奉他为偶像，将其视为“爱之夏”运动的代言人。 ___________________________________________________________________ 潘其扬|译者 B站知名视频内容创作者。现就读于复旦大学上海医学院临床医学（八年制）。 肖水|译者 复旦大学文学博士，现任教于上海大学文学院。出版有诗集《渤海故事集》《两日晴，郁达夫》等。曾获未名诗歌奖、诗探索奖·新锐奖、第二届建安文学奖等。

As literary political fiction, 1984 is considered a classic novel of the social science fiction subgenre. Since its publication in 1949, many of its terms and concepts, such as Big Brother, doublethin