Oops, I just saw that I repeated the section/paragraph on “alienation. Also, it should read "Entfremdung", not "Verfremdung". The first is associated with Marx, the second with Brechtian theatre. Arguably they both factor into Munch's paintings, but that's for another post.
I’ve also eliminated a few typos. Thank you for your understanding and patience!
Christmas 1945 - George Orwell, recently widowed, arrives with his baby son to stay with his friend Arthur Koestler at a remote cottage, Bwlch Ocyn, in North Wales.
Orwell has just published ‘Animal Farm’ and mulls ideas with Koestler for his next novel. Koestler had written the acclaimed novel, ‘Darkness at Noon,’ about the Stalin show trials and also spent time in a Nazi prison. Both Orwell and Koestler supported the Republican government during the civil war in Spain and were dedicated to democratic Left causes.
Here for the first time are their imagined conversations in wintry Wales, based on true events, which produced one of the 20th Century’s greatest and darkest books, ‘1984.’
Oops, I just saw that I repeated the section/paragraph on “alienation. Also, it should read "Entfremdung", not "Verfremdung". The first is associated with Marx, the second with Brechtian theatre. Arguably they both factor into Munch's paintings, but that's for another post.
I’ve also eliminated a few typos. Thank you for your understanding and patience!
It is a terrible feeling to feel lonely in a romantic relationship as well, which is being with someone incapable of seeing us emotionally.
Wonderful post on loneliness. Orwell was deeply traumatised by the death of his wife Eileen.
Read about it in my book -
‘Darkness in 1984’ -
my new George Orwell historical fiction novel, set in Blaenau Ffestiniog, in North Wales, is out now.
Based on true events.
‘Darkness in 1984’ available from Amazon - https://tinyurl.com/4twzftfr
Christmas 1945 - George Orwell, recently widowed, arrives with his baby son to stay with his friend Arthur Koestler at a remote cottage, Bwlch Ocyn, in North Wales.
Orwell has just published ‘Animal Farm’ and mulls ideas with Koestler for his next novel. Koestler had written the acclaimed novel, ‘Darkness at Noon,’ about the Stalin show trials and also spent time in a Nazi prison. Both Orwell and Koestler supported the Republican government during the civil war in Spain and were dedicated to democratic Left causes.
Here for the first time are their imagined conversations in wintry Wales, based on true events, which produced one of the 20th Century’s greatest and darkest books, ‘1984.’
I loved this. Having a tribe, even if it's only one person who truly sees us, really is key.
This was such a beautiful piece. Thank you !
Gernimo’s Cadillac
That’s the reason we write ✍️
So people will know who we are and some of that aloneness will go away.
Hi Julian :)
I have never been to Norway. I wonder if I should take a vacation and visit that Museum ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Edvard_Munch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munch_Museum