Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.
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Penguin Student Edition Nineteen Eighty Four
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.
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Reviewed by lenskaaHätte nicht gedacht, dass ich immernoch drüber nachdenken werde, auch wenn sich der Text an einigen Stellen etwas gezogen hat. Das gesellschaftliche Konstrukt in der Welt des Protagonisten ist hochgradig spannend und habe ich so noch nicht gelesen. Klingt kitschig, aber das Buch ist aktueller denn je. Wie nicht nur Politik, sondern auch Glauben, Bilder und der eigene Geist einen gefangen halten können, und der Versuch, sich davon zu erlösen. Also ich bin immernoch sprachlos von dieser Wortgewalt. Und das Ende...