th Anniversary EditionIncludes a New Introduction by Ta Obreht George Orwells timeless and timely allegorical novela scathing satire on a downtrodden societys blind march towards totalitarianism. SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. A farm is taken over by its overworked mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans they set out to create a paradise of progress justice and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penneda razoredged fairy tale for grownups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked under whatever banner the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwells masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh. With a foreword by Ann Patchett show more