內容簡介
內容簡介 出版超過五十年George Orwell的小說《1984》已經是文學經典，《1984》時間是西元1984年，當時的世界是大洋國、歐亞國、東亞國三國鼎立的局面。這三個國家相互交戰頻繁，並且有時亦敵亦友。大洋國是個獨裁國家，統治的黨派權威至高無上，運用極權體制控制人民的行動、言談、生活與思想，以這樣的方式統治當時的國家。主角在這個集權國家的真理部工作，其實從事捏造各種謊言，不過一次他在日記上重複寫著「打倒老大哥」之後，他發現有一些東西已經不一樣了。George Orwell的這本小說以犀利的文筆描述獨裁的極權主義，以及人類未來的前途，已經讓這本書與俄國薩米亞丁的《我們》、英國赫胥黎的《美麗新世界》並稱負面烏托邦三部曲。George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century, making famous Big Brother, newspeak and Room 101.'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.
