{"product_id":"nineteen-eighty-four-george-orwell-9780141393049","title":"Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHidden  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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four \u003c\/i\u003eis perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, \u003cb\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003c\/b\u003e, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four \u003c\/i\u003e(1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include \u003ci\u003eBurmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65811403702621,"sku":"K036365083","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/3636508300001A.jpg?v=1788520788","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/nineteen-eighty-four-george-orwell-9780141393049","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}