George Orwell
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell – The essential backstory to the creation and meaning of George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, one of the most important books of the 20th centuryand now the 21stSince its publication more than 70 years ago, George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about it, TV viewers watch a reality show named for it, and a White House spokesperson tells of alternative facts. The world we live in is often described as an Orwellian one, awash in inescapable surveillance and invasions of privacy.On Nineteen Eighty-Four dives deep into Orwells life to chart his earlier writings and key moments in his youth, such as his years at a boarding school, whose strict and charismatic headmaster shaped the idea of Big Brother. Taylor tells the story of the writing of the book, taking readers to the Scotland Island of Jura, where Orwell, newly famous thanks to Animal Farm but coping with personal tragedy and rapidly declining health, struggled to finish the novel. Published during the Cold Wara term Orwell coinedTaylor elucidates the environmental influences on the book. Then he examines Nineteen Eighty-Fours post-publication life, including its role as a tool to understand our language, politics, and government.In a current climate where truth, surveillance, censorship, and critical thinking are contentious, Orwells work is necessary. Written with resonant and reflective analysis, On Nineteen Eighty-Four is both brilliant and remarkably timely.
Rebelión en la granja
"Una obra literaria perfecta".
T. S. Eliot
"El tiempo y el devenir político han hecho que Rebelión en la granja aparezca hoy con trazos críticos hacia los nacionalismos y los populismos e, incluso, hacia los partidos y líderes democráticos que, al llegar al poder, incumplen sus promesas, cambian sus principios y se engolfan como, élite".
Manuel Hidalgo, periódico El Mundo.Es.
1984
"Ninguna novela del siglo pasado ha tenido más influencia que la de 1984 de George Orwell El título, la forma adjetiva del apellido del autor, el vocabulario del Partido todopoderoso que gobierna el súper estado de Oceanía con la ideología del Socing doble pensamiento, agujero de la memoria no persona, crimen de pensamiento, todos han entrado en el idioma inglés como signos instantáneamente reconocibles de un futuro de pesadilla." George Packer The Atlantic.
The Greatest Works of George Orwell
This meticulously edited collection of «The Greatest Works of George Orwell» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Burmese Days A Clergyman's Daughter Keep the Aspidistra Flying Coming Up for Air Animal Farm 1984 Down and Out in Paris and London The Road to Wigan Pier Homage to Catalonia
1984
George Orwells dystopischer Roman von 1949 gehört zu den wichtigsten Werken des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Beamte Winston Smith hält in seinem geheimen Tagebuch die Lebensumstände in der Überwachungsdiktatur Ozeanien fest. Als er mit seiner jungen Kollegin Julia eine Affäre beginnt und die beiden Kontakt zu einer Untergrundorganisation aufnehmen, die der Herrschaft des «Großen Bruder» ein Ende bereiten will, nimmt das Verhängnis seinen Lauf. Ein Klassiker, der im 21. Jahrhundert wieder hochaktuell scheint. Freiwilliger im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg, Kriegsberichterstatter, Obdachloser. George Orwell sah während seines Lebens viele Formen der sozialen Ungerechtigkeit und Unterdrückung. Seine Erfahrungen verarbeitete er in seinen Werken. Der Roman «1984» war sein letztes, sein Vermächtnis, das ihn zum Propheten einer vollends überwachten Gesellschaft machte. Neu übersetzt von Holger Hanowell und mit einer kompakten Biographie des Autors.