Orwells Einsamkeit

In the fateful year of 1984, I traveled to the Scottish island of Jura, where George Orwell wrote his last work - the dark yet prophetic dystopian novel "1984." I felt a spiritual kinship with Orwell. His tumultuous life and the tragic backstory of the book marked the beginning of my own journey. It was a path toward personal thinking.

From the content:

• Orwell's loneliness
• Arthur Koestler's deadly disappointment
• Liberation: My break with the Left and the path to personal thinking
• A personal perspective
• Texts and essays from the year 1982
• Letter from exile
• If the sun were not to return
• The Kientalers also have an opinion, and not even the same one
• The main enemy E.T. does good
• "No one should prevent you from turning back and saying: I regret what I have done"
• The Berlin Wall and the Swiss Army
• On the envy of the possessors
• The hour before the war: anxiety
• The signs we wish for
• Thoughts: Future reflections
• On pessimism
• On the technician and the artist
• On expert thinking and personal thinking
• The strangely empty feeling of freedom
• Wilhelm Tell for advanced learners
• Sternenberg exists only once
• Our struggle with time
• The spider
• Constraints of necessity
• The violation of language
• The rise and fall of geraniums
• A playground for the soul
• The hoarseness of reason
• The end of guilt
• An invisible holiday
• Your own fault
• The anticipation of Monday
• It is worth it
• Addicted to melody
• What does Switzerland stand for?
• Cape Horn

Author description: Nicolas Lindt, born under the sign of Aries, was a music journalist, news reporter, and court columnist before he began telling true stories in his books. In addition to writing, he has been conducting free weddings and funerals since 1996. The writer lives with his family in Wald and Segnas.