We are one wombok parcel each into our lunch at Sydney’s Hotel Palisade when author Anna Funder fires a volley off at critics on the other side of the world.
If you are even remotely interested in contemporary literature, you would have heard about Funder’s latest book, Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life that came out in July. Its focus is Eileen O’Shaughnessy whose nine-year marriage to George Orwell (Eric Blair) ended with her death in 1945. Orwell, revered author of the anti-totalitarian 1984 and anti-Stalinist Animal Farm, died five years later.
Emma ConnorsSenior editor and writerEmma Connors was South-east Asia correspondent from October 2019 until mid-2023, based in Jakarta and Singapore. She has previously edited Perspective and Opinion and has written extensively across the AFR and related titles. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.connors@nine.com.au
