1984

a novel

Paperback, 298 pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 20 Ottobre 1960 da Signet.

ISBN:
978-0-451-52493-5
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Numero OCLC:
913039905

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The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia"—a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny the novel's hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.

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ha recensito 1984: a novel di George Orwell (Signet Classics)

Horrifyingly Excellent

5 stelle

Absolutely excellent book, a must read for everyone in my opinion. It does get a little dry at certain parts, but picks right back up. It is entirely worth pushing through.

The book expresses an insanely scary, yet completely plausible future of the world, or more likely certain places. Some places around the world share many similar core values with the world of 1984, which furthermore helps strengthen the fearful possibility. 1984 is a great fusion of non-fiction, history, futurism, and fiction in a dystopian world ruled by people who quite literally want nothing more than power, pure, unadulterated power. They will do anything to get it, and do anything to keep it. This is all done in a fictional world, but sometimes it really feels like you're reading non-fiction, due to how completely possible the world created is. Many values shown in the book, you hear and see about …

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5 stelle

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 …

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4 stelle

Uno dei romanzi più terrificanti e angoscianti che abbia mai letto.
Nonostante la guerra fredda sia finita e se ne legga solo nei libri di storia, è impossibile non rimanere soffocati dalla cappa di odio e terrore che emana dalle pagine di 1984. Siamo portati a chiederci, insieme a Winston, il protagonista, di quali persone ci si possa fidare e quali saranno quelle vaporizzate, cioè fatte sparire dalla storia. Sì, perché ogni tipo di opposizione, anche il più piccolo ed insignificante gesto contrario alla dottrina del Partito, viene punito con la totale ed assoluta cancellazione della propria esistenza. Dopo la vaporizzazione nessuno si ricorderà di te. Nessuno potrà ricordarsi di te.
Non c'è modo di sfuggire al controllo: se qualcuno va contro il partito, sa di essere un uomo morto. Oggi. Domani. Tra un mese, tra un anno. Prima o poi sa che la psicopolizia lo arresterà e per …

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