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by: George Orwell List Price: $15.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.49 You Save: $5.46 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.912 EAN: 9780452284234 ISBN: 0452284236 Item Dimensions: Label: Plume Manufacturer: Plume Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: May 06, 2003 Publisher: Plume Release Date: May 06, 2003 Studio: Plume Features:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. Product Description: Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. The story of one man's nightmare odyssey as he pursues a forbidden love affair through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but also individual thought and memory, 1984 is a prophetic, haunting tale. More relevant than ever before, 1984 exposes the worst crimes imaginable-the destruction of truth, freedom, and individuality. With a new forward by Thomas Pynchon. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - it was in horrible conditionthe book was in horrible condition and i would never buy from this person again. Rating:  - this book is a monsterI've read excerpts here and there. I saw the movie years ago. But I never read the book until now; the book is a monster. This is not a work of pure art or beauty, but it is a masterpiece of ideas and imagination. It is deliberate and powerful and still totally relevant. In a way it's a political treatise disguised as a novel, and it will have you nodding your head as you consider the state of the world today - perpetual war, sophisticated systems of propaganda, distorted news, doublespeak, the surveillance state... the list of parallels goes on and on. It is also a masterful novel, aside from the brilliance of Orwell's ideas. When the telescreen "surprised" Winston and Julia, I almost fell out of my chair. Certainly not a fun read, it is grim and bleak and wretched. I have to wonder what possessed Orwell to conceive such a hellish world. But boy is it convincing. Some of the violence seems almost gratuitous, as if he was taking some perverse pleasure in it. But again it works so well. Rating: - This is a book that I intend to read again.I've always heard about this book. In my English classes the Sci-Fi geeks would do nothing but rave about it. At work, the conspiracy theorists use it as a jumping off platform. And, for me, it was a good read. I loved many of the powerful descriptions; things like, "...and they would sit around the table looking at one another with extinct eyes, like ghost fading at cock crow." I do have to admit that I thought the book had its dull moments, and that other times I thought it was terrifyingly harsh. By the end, I found myself sort of lost in the things unsaid. And, finally, at the last sentence, I realized that the book that had taken me so long to read because of lack of time, was stunning. I finished in it the morning, and by that evening, I was reeling over Winston's bullet. This is a book that I intend to read again. I hope that I am able to devote myself to it next time. One more note to myself: Blair (Orwell) must have set out writing this story with the ending already set out in front of him. I don't think he could have just gotten there be happens-chance. Rating:  - good readThe numerous references to this novel in pop culture make this a must read. In addition, the discussion in the afterword by Erich fromme was well informed added to the presence of this novel. I definitely recommend it. Rating: - Great bookI'm really glad I saw this book in my ma's house and decided to grab it for a vacation. It was a great summer read and it kept me intrigued the whole time. Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display |
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