Adam Biles

Feb 21, 2024 | frontline.thehindu.com | Adam Biles |Abhinav Chakraborty |Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |M.G. Radhakrishnan

The British novelist and essayist George Orwell’s dystopic vision of the future in 1984 still gives us goosebumps with its accuracy. His prophetic insights have ensured that his works are discussed, analysed, and paid homage to even today, more than 70 years after his death. He was in the news all through 2023—the year marking his 120th birth anniversary. Four books on him and his works—two novels and two biographies—came out, proving yet again that he continues to speak to our times.

Nov 30, 2023 | booksfromscotland.com | Adam Biles

By (editor) Adam Biles Shakespeare and Company, Paris, is one of the world’s most iconic and beautiful bookshops. Located on the banks of the Seine, opposite Notre-Dame, it’s long been a meeting place for anglophone writers and readers.

Oct 17, 2023 | theguardian.com | Adam Biles

I used to think that the allegory was a rather straightforward, narrow form: a simple, metaphorical story conceived to deliver a political or moral lesson. But, in fact, it is stretchier and more versatile than that. Allegories, I’ve learned, can be used to persuade or to parody. They can be used to give a lesson, to draw equivalences, and to highlight hypocrisies. They can be used to crystallise the reader’s understanding of a situation, but also to blow smoke in her eyes.

Sep 27, 2023 | scroll.in | Adam Biles

It was a Sunday in late summer. The last of the visitors had left, the floor of the cowshed had been scrubbed, the chicks had been counted and locked in their coop, and the lights in the vivarium had been turned off. Another long week on Manor Farm was over. On any other evening, the animals would have taken to their beds as soon as their chores were finished. But this was not any other evening.

Jul 31, 2016 | galleybeggar.co.uk | Adam Biles