1984: Una historia distópica de totalitarismo, vigilancia y opresión política (Grapevine edition)

by George Orwell, Marta Gallardo (Translator)

1984 es la inquietante visión de George Orwell de un mundo dominado por un poder absoluto que controla no solo las acciones, sino también los pensamientos de sus ciudadanos. Ambientada en el superestado de Oceanía, la novela sigue a Winston Smith, un hombre que trabaja reescribiendo la historia para ajustarla a la versión oficial del Partido, bajo la vigilancia constante del omnipresente Gran Hermano.

A medida que Winston comienza a cuestionar el sistema y a rebelarse en silencio, Orwell expone los mecanismos del totalitarismo, la manipulación del lenguaje y el uso del miedo como herramienta de control. La verdad se convierte en algo maleable, y la libertad individual en un acto de desafío.

Considerada una de las novelas más influyentes del siglo XX, 1984 es una advertencia atemporal sobre los peligros del poder sin límites, la vigilancia extrema y la erosión de la dignidad humana. Un clásico imprescindible cuya relevancia continúa creciendo en el mundo contemporáneo.

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 18, 2025

About the author

Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (both fascism and stalinism), and support of democratic socialism.

Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.

Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.