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I reread 1984 this year and it gave me trouble sleeping for a few weeks afterward. The writing is so perfectly concise that your mind adds visceral details that
by roninb 10y ago
I reread 1984 this year and it gave me trouble sleeping for a few weeks afterward. The writing is so perfectly concise that your mind adds visceral details that fill everything in for you. It makes the environment (political, physical, economic, etc.) and everything Winston goes through so much more real.
- unimpressive 10y agoYou may be interested in Homage To Catalonia, a non-fiction book about some of the real life experiences Orwell went through that inspired him to write 1984. It's available online to boot: http://www.george-orwell.org/Homage_to_Catalonia/ http://www.george-orwell.org/Homage_to_Catalonia/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_catalonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_catalonia