1984

EPUB, 304 pages

English language

Published Sept. 3, 2013 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-547-24964-3
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ASIN:
B0FQ7Z1TSC
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B0D63HLBQF

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4 stars (22 reviews)

75th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

“Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.”—The New Yorker

In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.

Lionel Trilling said of Orwell’s masterpiece, “1984 is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and …

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Faut-il relire "Mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatre" ?
Ma réponse est clairement oui.
Et pour de bonnes raisons :

  • Cette édition est une meilleure traduction de l’œuvre originale
  • Le monde évolue et « Mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatre » n'a en rien perdu de son acuité. Il est même encore plus juste !
  • J’ai changé. J’ai trouvé dans cette relecture des thèmes, des passages qui m’ont échappé

De plus quelques vidéos récentes m’ont apporté des éclairages plus que très utiles

Alors lire 1984 en 2022 ?

George Orwell étire la réalité des régimes autoritaires pour en faire un régime absolu, total.
Alors oui l’Angsoc n’est …

Review of 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' on 'Goodreads'

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The contributions of this book are far too grand for me to go into all details here. To make it short, I believe that Orwell provided a fitting explanation of how individual thought is suppressed under totalitarian regimes. The principles of doublethink are also used in democratic states whenever it is politically necessary to hold two conflicting opinions. I even claim that it is a politician's most essential skill to perform this mental gymnastics convincingly.

However, this propaganda does not necesarrily manage to convince everybody. Regardless of the political system, it seems that generally, the people under its influence tend to root for it. But also regardless of the system, the capacity for subversive ideas can never be eliminated. Whether this capacity is actually of any use, though, depends on the system. The dystopian world of 1984 deals with subversive thoughts in such an efficient way, that revolutionary spirit is …

Review of "George Orwell's 1984" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

La distopía narrada en este libro es realmente aterradora, más pensando en el hecho de que todos básicamente llevamos una telepantalla en nuestros bolsillos a diario. Pero incluso ignorando eso, la teoría de la guerra perpetua para mantener la economía es muy creíble y terrorífica. Y ni hablar de el final, lo que ese final conllevaba era una idea estúpidamente aterradora.

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Classics
  • Politics
  • Fantasy
  • Science Fiction
  • Dystopian