Nineteen Eighty-Four (Anniversary Edition)
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| Verlag | Penguin UK |
| Auflage | 2009 |
| Seiten | 368 |
| Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 2,6 cm |
| Gewicht | 338 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Penguin Modern Classics |
| ISBN-10 | 0141191201 |
| EAN | 9780141191201 |
| Bestell-Nr | 14119120EA |
Versteckt in der Dokumentationsabteilung des weitläufigen Wahrheitsministeriums arbeitet Winston Smith an der Fälschung der Geschichte, damit sie den Erfordernissen der Partei genügt. Dabei wird er - wie jeder andere in Ozeanien - stetig durch das Auge des "Big Brother" beobachtet. Doch innerlich rebelliert er gegen die totalitäre Welt der Überwachung, in der er lebt ... Orwells Anti-Utopie aus dem Jahr 1948 ist ein Klassiker, der in seiner prophetischen Eigenschaft auch heute nicht an Relevanz verloren hat.
Kurzbeschreibung:
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him. The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted imply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features. Winston made for the stairs. It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working, and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours. It was part of the economy drive in preparation for Hate Week. The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way. On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move.
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.
Klappentext:
First published in 1949, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four has lost none of the impact with which it first hit readers.
Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101. . .