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Paris, Gallimard, coll. La Méridienne, (mai) 1948.1 vol. (130 x 188 mm) de 374 p. et [1] f. In wrappers.First edition of the French translation.One of the first 34 on vélin pur fil (no. 30).
George Orwell's 1984 is a myth that goes beyond literature, depicting a world of permanent control, where language itself is the site of conditioning. We follow the story of Winston Smith, in a London set in the dystopian universe of Oceania, a world where the past tends to dissolve in the eternal present of mass media. "Novlangue", "thought police", "Big Brother": the key concepts of 1984 have become essential references for understanding the totalitarian forces at work in contemporary societies, in a world where remote surveillance has become widespread, where digitization has given unprecedented impetus to the power of big companies and the arbitrariness of governments.
Orwell's masterpiece.A very nice copy in wrappers.
Paris, Gallimard, coll. La Méridienne, (mai) 1948.1 vol. (130 x 188 mm) de 374 p. et… Read More
