The Orwell Prize ha decidido publicar los diarios de George Orwell como si el escritor hubiera decidido hacerlo en un blog. Las entradas (que comenzaron ayer 9 de agosto), abren con este texto, escrito el 9 de Agosto de 1938:
Caught a large snake in the herbaceous border beside the drive. About 2′ 6″ long, grey colour, black markings on belly but none on back except, on the neck, a mark resembling an arrow head all down the back. Did not care to handle it too recklessly, so only picked it up by extreme tip of tail. Held thus it could nearly turn far enough to bite my hand, but not quite. Marx¹ interested at first, but after smelling it was frightened & ran away. The people here normally kill all snakes. As usual, the tongue referred to as “fangs”².
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