Nineteen Eighty-Four

di George Orwell (Autore)

John Bowen (Curatore)

Oxford University Press, 2021

'If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever.' 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), George Orwell's final novel, was completed in difficult conditions shortly before his early death. It is one of the most influential and widely-read novels of the post-war period, and has been a huge international bestseller over many decades. Continually in print, it has long been controversial, both in its immediate Cold War context and in later history. It is in some ways a realist novel, but in others is more akin to a work of science fiction, a dystopia or a satire. It also has strong affiliations to Gothic in its plotting, motifs and affective states. Full of horror and terror, it contains prophetic dreams and a central character who thinks of himself as a 'monster', a 'ghost' and 'already dead'. Like Frankenstein and Dracula, it is fascinated by the power of a documentary remnant addressed to an unknown reader.

• Autore: George Orwell
• Curatore: John Bowen
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Collana: Oxford World's Classics
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 304 p.
• Dimensioni: 196 x 130 mm
• Peso: 208 gr.
• EAN: 9780198829195

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