Preface by Giancarlo RossiniIn 1936 in England, London, Keep the Aspidistra Flying was published for the Penguin books, the author is thirty-three years old, born in Motihari, Bengal, responds to the name of Eric Artur Blair. The son of an Indian customs employee, he has English nationality, graduated from the University of Eton, would like to be a journalist and in 1936 he is on his third book. However, Eric Artur Bl air does not sign, he uses a pseudonym that he believes is of greater effect: George Orwell.
He is often penniless, almost on the verge of poverty, he works as a professor to make a living, meanwhile he writes and in 1936 he completes Keep the Aspidistra Flying . The title is certainly not the most captivating, it could have better musicality or harmony, moreover: "What is a
