Orwell etc.

As I was going to Spain on holiday, I decide to read Homage to Catalonia. I have now finished it. I got on with it quite well - fairly easy to read and I saw a reasonable amount of scope for visuals. While I was there I shot a roll of B&W film with the idea of going into the darkroom - scope for collage etc..

Having been trying to read Naked Lunch (not reading the chapters in order - when I started reading it in order it seemed like it made as much sense as if I wasn't) and finding it harder than Waiting for Godot (but with more scope for visuals) I wanted to like Burroughs as I thought it might fit quite well with my general approach but I'm not sure I get along with the text enough. 

I'm erring on the side of George Orwell but I'm not fully sure how I feel about the books I am focusing on are written by him (a member of the aristocracy) living like a worker, homeless person and a fighter in the Spanish civil war (it feels like he is indulging in voyeurism) then again the way these books drew attention to working practices - the plight of people abandoned by politicians is interesting - and still very relevant today (one of my thoughts was I could visit these places now). Catalonia is campaigning to become independent, amount of homeless people in major European cities seems to be increasing, people are left behind/big poverty in parts of the north of England.

I've also knocked off Metamorphosis (the other Kafka I tried to start didn't set my world on fire) I am finding it quite interesting - but I'm finding that it feels like he is trying to get at something that I can't quite tell (all I can get is the senses of anxiety and sadness). 

I also recently bought Susan Sontag on Photography - she is also on the list but I don't think this book will be of any use for this project.

To Kill a Mockingbird is another on my to read list - but I didn't fancy doing an author who had written so few books.