{"product_id":"1984-9788194914129","title":"1984","description":"\u003cb\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With extraordinary relevance and renewed popularity, George Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984 \u003c\/i\u003etakes on new life in this hardcover edition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Orwell saw, to his credit, that the act of falsifying reality is only secondarily a way of changing perceptions. It is, above all, a way of asserting power.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lionel Trilling said of Orwell's masterpiece \"\u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound, terrifying, and wholly fascinating book. It is a fantasy of the political future, and like any such fantasy, serves its author as a magnifying device for an examination of the present.\" Though the year 1984 now exists in the past, Orwell's novel remains an urgent call for the individual willing to speak truth to power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950) was born in India and served with the Imperial Police in Burma before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was the author of six novels as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sanage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51176326365458,"sku":"9788194914129","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_754cffbd-cbbc-4e4e-b7cf-a1b51a11069c.jpg?v=1768914853","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/1984-9788194914129","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}