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Come non dare il massimo dei voti a questo libro? Pur non eccellendo nella caratterizzazione dei personaggi o nella complessità della trama rispetto ad altre opere, il libro colpisce per il suo messaggio profondo e la straordinaria costruzione di un mondo distopico. È un capolavoro che lascia un segno indelebile.
Tra gli elementi che ho trovato più geniali c’è la Neolingua, una lingua appositamente creata per servire gli scopi ideologici del Partito. Questo aspetto, così ricco di significato, rap ...more
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If I'd read this before the Trump presidency, then 'meh'...reading it now has been eye-opening. This book is decades before its time in today's world of alternate facts and newspeak. 1984 is having a huge resurgence online, and I read this as one of a series in an online read-along.
#alternatefacts #rebelfromthewaistdown #speakright #memoryhole #thoughtpolice #oceania #room101 #bigbrotheriswatchingyou ...more
#alternatefacts #rebelfromthewaistdown #speakright #memoryhole #thoughtpolice #oceania #room101 #bigbrotheriswatchingyou ...more

Wow. I can't believe I waited so long to read this. Took a little while for me to get into at first, but once it picked up, it was a page turner for me. Amazing book.
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