by George Orwell · Companhia das Letras · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788535916003
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«O caminho para Wigan Pier» is the essay by George Orwell, published by Companhia das Letras in paperback (270 pages, in Portuguese).
In the 1930s, Orwell visited the mining districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire and portrayed the harsh conditions of the miners: poverty, precarious housing and fear of unemployment. The second part adds a critique of capitalism, British class prejudices and the contradictions of the intellectual left.
Originally published in 1937 as The Road to Wigan Pier, this 2010 Brazilian edition offers a Portuguese translation by Isa Mara Lando.
For readers with Portuguese proficiency interested in Orwell's essayistic work, British social history and narrative journalism.
Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
