Author:George Orwell

A biting satire on dictatorship written during the Second World War and published in 1945, ANIMAL FARM is perhaps the most celebrated twentieth-century English satire after the same writer's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. One of the very few writers to be compared in power, artistry and moral authority with Jonathan Swift, the purity of Orwell's spare prose and the logic of his dark comedy emphasize the stark message of man's inhumanity to man and beast's to beast
Excellent...[a] harrowing and surprising story. The ultimate power of the book comes from an authoritative meditation on the traps that open up for someone who answers to himself before society
—— ScotsmanThe revolt of the reasonable...far more deadly than any amount of shouting from the housetops
—— GuardianImpossible to recommend too highly
—— Time OutBooks like this one succeed...in drawing our emotions into politics. What will remain is the plain bravery of his characters...their struggle has found an honest chronicler
—— Daily TelegraphAndre Brink's writing is built on conviction...A Dry White Season describes the triumph of tyranny
—— The TimesExuberant... for those who like their wines full-bodied and their meals rich and zesty... earthly secrets of strength, suffering, passion and cooking in a humorous and well-drawn portrait of a woman who loves as well as she cooks
—— Washington PostSubverts macho morality with refreshingly unexpected narrative twists magical realism... pacing that rivals Romancing the Stone
—— Maureen FreelyAn enchanting book, an open-eyed fairy story
—— Barbara TrapidoWonderful... hard to put down... it is rare to come across a book so unusual
—— Steve Vines , South China Morning Post






