The first ever graphic novel treatment of Orwell's seminal fable, now in paperback.
George Orwell (Author)
Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George
Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil
Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most
prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature.
His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945,
and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen
Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels
and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and
London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
Odyr (Illustrator)
Odyr was born in 1967 in Brazil. He is a comics artist and painter,
whose books include Copacabana and Guadalupe. His work has been
included in several anthologies and his short stories and
illustrations have been published in many Brazilian magazines and
newspapers.
This brightly coloured homage to George Orwell's timely allegory is
heartbreaking and elegant. Odyr's images of animals casting off
their bonds and then living with the results of their revolution
are painterly and evocative, both loose and illuminating.
*The New York Times*
Odyr's rich brushstrokes do much to enhance the experience of
Orwell's brand of satire
*New York Journal of Books*
Odyr's expressive watercolour palette strikes a visceral note that
matches the intensity of Orwell's original text ... He skillfully
evokes the mood of the countryside and the plot's shocking
violence; the atmosphere and emotions are spot-on
*Publisher's Weekly*
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