Artist Hans K Clausen wants to permanently mark the Nineteen Eighty Four author's connection with Jura.
Efforts are underway to establish a library dedicated to George Orwell on the Scottish Island of Jura.was Orwell’s home towards the end of his life
1,984 versions of Nineteen Eighty-Four were collated for the exhibition and it is hoped they will form the start of the Orwell library "But to think of somebody packing their suitcase in New Zealand, coming to Scotland, going to go to Jura, and they pack their copy of Nineteen Eighty Four in their suitcase and they take it to the library when they are there… that would be lovely.”Barnhill cottage is the focus of fans' trips to Jura but Mr Clausen wants a permanent monument to Orwell's work
“There is a potential site on Ardlussa where we could build something from scratch, I think, rather than trying to renovate an old building because the important thing is it would have to be really watertight if it was housing lots of books. The foundation told BBC News: "George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is a book which matters but it's also a story in which books themselves - the physical objects, their individual histories and our relationships with them - have real power.
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