Name: 1984 (VINTAGE) (in Spanish)
Price: 26.64 EUR
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Author: George Orwell
ISBN: 9789873952852

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Physical Book

Author

George Orwell

Publisher

PENGUIN CLÁSICOS

Synopsis "1984 (VINTAGE) (in Spanish)"

En el año 1984, Londres forma parte de un estado totalitario en el que se controla de manera asfixiante la vida de los ciudadanos. Como parte de esa maquinaria, Winston Smith reescribe la historia para adaptarla a las necesidades del Partido. Sin embargo, interiormente empieza a rebelarse contra un mundo que exige obediencia absoluta al Hermano Mayor. En su anhelo de verdad y libertad inicia un romance secreto con una compañera de trabajo, Julia, pero sabe que incluso el amor está amenazado.

Todo empezó por querer leer un buen libro… ¿Era mucho pedir? En 1935, de camino a Londres, Allen Lane se detuvo en un andén del ferrocarril para buscar algo interesante que leer durante el viaje. La oferta se limitaba a revistas populares y libros en tapa blanda de mala calidad. La desilusión y el posterior disgusto de Lane ante los títulos disponibles lo llevaron a inventar el libro de bolsillo, a fundar una empresa y a cambiar el mundo.

«Creíamos que existía un enorme público para los libros hechos con inteligencia a bajo precio, y lo apostamos todo por ello».
Sir Allen Lane, 1902-1970, fundador de Penguin Books

Los hábitos de lectura han cambiado desde 1935, pero en Penguin seguimos creyendo en publicar los mejores libros para el disfrute de todos, y en que los buenos libros publicados con pasión y responsabilidad mejoran el mund

George Orwell

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Eric Arthur Blair (Motihari, British Raj, June 25, 1903-London, United Kingdom, January 21, 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was a British novelist, journalist, essayist, and critic born in India, author among other works of the dystopian novels Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949)

His work bears the mark of autobiographical experiences lived by the author in three stages of his life: his position against British imperialism which led him to commit as a representative of the colonial law enforcement forces in Burma during his youth; in favor of democratic socialism, after having observed and suffered the living conditions of the working social classes in London and Paris; and against Nazi and Stalinist totalitarianisms after his participation in the Spanish Civil War, on the Republican side

In addition to being a chronicler, literary critic, and novelist, he is one of the most prominent essayists in the English language of the 1930s and 1940s. He is also known for his criticisms of totalitarianism in his allegorical short novel Animal Farm (1945) and his dystopian novel 1984 (1949), written in his last years of life and published shortly before his death, in which he creates the concept of "Big Brother," which has since entered the common language of criticism of modern surveillance techniques.

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