Author : Anthony Burgess
Release : 2013
Genre : Dystopias
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 192/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Nineteen Eighty-five by : Anthony Burgess
Download or read book Nineteen Eighty-five written by Anthony Burgess. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In characteristically daring style, Anthony Burgess combines two responses to Orwell's 1984 in one book. The first is a sharp analysis: through dialogues, parodies and essays, Burgess sheds new light on what he called 'an apocalyptic codex of our worst fears', creating a critique that is literature in its own right.Part two is Burgess' own dystopic vision, written in 1978. He skewers both the present and the future, describing a state where industrial disputes and social unrest compete with overwhelming surveillance, security concerns and the dominance of technology to make life a thing to be suffered rather than lived.Together these two works form a unique guide to one of the twentieth century's most talented, imaginative and prescient writers. Several decades later, Burgess' most singular work still stands.