1984 / 1985

by György Dalos, George Orwell, Джордж Оруэлл

В книгу включены роман Джорджа Оруэла "1984" и роман Д.Далоша "1985", являющийся своеобразным продолжением знаменитой антиутопии Оруэлла. Об ужасах тоталитаризма, о хрупкости демократии, о необходимости сохранять бдительность перед лицом тирании.

Genres: Dystopia, Classics, Politics

432 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Heba Al Zouabi · Rating 4 out of 5]

لن يمكنك أبداً أن تفلت من قبضتنا ، وما حدث لك هنا سيعيش معك إلى أبد الدهر .
فعليك أن تعي ذلك سلفاً .
إننا سنسحقك إلى درجة لا يمكنك بعدها أن تعود إلى بحياتك إلى سيرتها الأولى ،
وستحدث لك أشياء لن يمكنك أن تبرأ من أثارها حتى لو عشت ألف عام .
وأبداً لن تقدر ثانية على الشعور بما يشعر به الأحياء .
إن كل شيء سيموت داخلك ولن تعود قادراً على الحب أو الصداقة أو الإستمتاع بالحياة أو الضحك أو حب الاستطلاع أو الشجاعة أو الاستقامة .
ستكون أجوف لأننا سنعصرك حتى تصبح خواء من كل شيء . !


" إن الأمر أشبه بمن يسبح ضد تيار يجرفه إلى الوراء مهما كان قوياً ،
ثم فجأة قرر تغير الإتجاه والسباحة مع التيار بدلاً من معاكسته .
وما من شيء تغير في ذلك إلا موقفه !
فما كان مقدراً سلفاً كان سيحدث على أي حال ! "

" نعم لقد انصاعت إرادته للحزب ، لكن قلبه لا يزال يضمر له الكراهية ! "

[Kari Olfert · Rating 4 out of 5]

For me, 1984 read like a government conspiracy of the 60's or 70's with a dash of hunger games, book 1. I was not surprised to see that this book was written in 1949, essentially on the heals of the affects of world war 2. This is a dark read that will give you terrible feelings and visions but it is also intriguing like an inappropriate YouTube video that has gone viral because you just can't look away, you mustn't.

[Taylor Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

1984 by George Orwell is a very descriptive book that leaves the reader thinking many different things at the turn of every page. The chapters are laid out in a way that can be confusing at times, but once the reader gets further into it, it all starts to make sense. The repetition used in this book is very prevalent and connects to the whole meaning behind the piece. The phrase “War is Peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength,” is one of these recurring phrases that “the party,” who rules Oceania, repeats over and over in the book. 1984, at times has the reader questioning who would think up such a horrible world as this one, where all individual thought is eliminated, but then leaves them pondering if it already is happening in different places in the world. The vivid word choice Orwell uses creates a picture that seems so real it must be true. He portrays for a majority of the book, the disgusting and vile country Winston lives in, saying at one point: “ the earth was like iron and all grass seemed dead and there was not a bud anywhere except a few crocuses which had pushed themselves up to be dismembered by the wind” (290). The words Orwell uses gives the reader bad feelings about this place, leaving them disgusted with the fact it even exists. At later points in the book when the main character, Winston, is locked up and “the party” is questioning him in their deceptive and torturous ways, Orwell structures his sentences to make the reader’s heart pump faster; they become at the edge of their seat wondering what will happen next, just by the dialect and sentence structure used. At one of the climaxes of pain forced onto Winston, “the party” is trying to get him to believe what they want, but his brain doesn’t think in the twisted way they want it to. They are shooting monstrous amounts of pain through his body and at the last moment he cannot take it anymore. He yells, “Four! Five! Four! Anything you like! Only stop it, stop the pain!” (250). At this point the reader can practically feel the pain Winston does and wants so badly for them to stop it. Both the imagery and dialectic syntax combine to make an on edge book that will leave the reader thinking, wondering, and questioning even after the final page.

[Bucks, Books & Beyond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading this book now in 2019 really creates some perspective for the author’s thought processes that he had at the time he wrote this. It’s pretty chilling to say the least and is slightly depressing comparing the life in 1984 compared to our real life here in 2019 and social media and fake news to name but a few.

I throughly enjoyed this book for all the right reasons. It got me thinking, it had me captivated from the first page and it had me racing through the pages from there on to find out what would happen.

[Pablo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this book doesn't live up to its hype.
The ending is as unsatisfying as the development, and it purposely uses obfuscation as a narrative, which makes the world a lot less believable. I'd have loved a more well-built utopia.
Still much prefer other titles by Orwell like Animal Farm.

[Kaitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a bit too gory for me at some points, however, I overall found it very captivating and hard to put down.

[Austin Grady · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it.

[Indira]

scary that it history repeats its course!

[Bette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frightening poignant book which when written in 1949 was very futuristic and is even more relevant in this day and age.

[Astrid · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just want to read one uplifting book in English class. Is that too much to ask?

[Alex Bilyk · Rating 4 out of 5]

2 + 2 = 5 ;)

[Robert Stewart]

Interesting book

[Sơn Trường · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scary plot for me! "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”

[kian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I WANTED REVOLUTION SMH I WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO BURN