Monday, October 24, 2011

Latest Haul from Book Sale: 1984


Yesterday, I bought my second copy of George Orwell's classic, 1984, at Book Sale, Walter Mart North EDSA. I like the cover of this edition better than my first book.  It's simple but full of impact. The big eye says it all.  The cover of my older edition of 1984 is somewhat outdated:


Upon googling 1984, I found this cool retro cover, which I think would surely be now hard to find:


If you're interested in other covers of 1984 check out this site:
http://www.artnewsworldwide.com/flavorwire-art-news/38969-george-orwells-1984-a-visual-history.html

Amazon.com Review:
Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.

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