Jumping the Line

The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Radical William Herrick     2001     280p     6 x 9 Jumping the Line offers a vivid, sobering, first-hand account of Left culture in America’s heady days of the 20s through the 40s. William Herrick grew up in New York City with pictures of Lenin … Continue reading Jumping the Line

Animal Farm

George Orwell 1947 140p MMPB A concise novella dealing with the rise and betrayal of the revolution waged by over-worked animals on a little farm. A great explanation of recuperation and the corruption of power. $1-5 Other works involving george orwell, totalitarianism, recuperation, communism, work, stalin, dystopia, fiction

1984

George Orwell 1948 292p MMPB Classic anti-authoritarian novel about a totalitarianism. Set in the future dystopian world of 1984, where wars are fought with the same people that the government previously armed, language is being deconstructed and erased so that people don’t even know how to think and speak against the powerful few who run … Continue reading 1984

In the Crossfire

Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary Ngo Van     1995     296p     6 x 9 Although the Vietnam War is still well known, few people in the english-speaking world are aware of the decades of struggles against the French colonial regime that preceded it, many of which had no connection with the … Continue reading In the Crossfire

1984

George Orwell   1948   292p   5 x 8 La novella anti-autoritario clásico sobre el totalitarismo. Ambientada en un future mundo de 1984, donde las guerras se libran con la misma gente que el gobierno armó anteriormente, la idioma está siendo deconstruido y borró lo que la gente ya ni siquiera saben cómo pensar y hablar contra … Continue reading 1984

Libros en español

1984 George Orwell   1948   292p   5 x 8   $5-15   ’68 Paco Ignacio Taibo II   2004   224p   $8-15   Antes que anochezca Reinaldo Arenas   1992   317p   5 x 7  $12-20   Antolgía bilingüe anochezca William Blake   1998   120p   4 x 7   $4-10   El asesino ciego Margaret Atwood   2000   400p   5 x … Continue reading Libros en español