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Wilma asked this question about 1984:
Why do people rate this book so high? Surely I am missing something.
Rogerio The book was written in 1949, way before the events described became reality. If you are reading it with hindsight alone, yeah, than you missing the p…moreThe book was written in 1949, way before the events described became reality. If you are reading it with hindsight alone, yeah, than you missing the point big time. The author was brilliant and the clarity and capacity of projecting himself to the future of comunism is just amazing.(less)
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by George Orwell
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