Many have come to perceive Orwell solely through the lens of dystopian genre, but the novel «Long Live the Ficus!» will introduce you to another Orwell, a master of psychological realism. Gordon Comstock — the main character of the novel —...
has left a good job, moved to a bookstore where he earns half of his previous salary. After all, he despises consumer society, material values, and the banality of everyday life, symbolized by the ficus in the window. In his reaction to the monstrous system, he turns into a kind of monster himself. Comstock embarks on a journey to understand that salvation can be found not in fleeing from life, but in confronting it. A socially critical novel about a loner who doesn’t fit into society.
Many have come to perceive Orwell solely through the lens of dystopian genre, but the novel «Long Live the Ficus!» will introduce you to another Orwell, a master of psychological realism. Gordon Comstock — the main character of the novel — has left a good job, moved to a bookstore where he earns half of his previous salary. After all, he despises consumer society, material values, and the banality of everyday life, symbolized by the ficus in the window. In his reaction to the monstrous system, he turns into a kind of monster himself. Comstock embarks on a journey to understand that salvation can be found not in fleeing from life, but in confronting it. A socially critical novel about a loner who doesn’t fit into society.
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