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In characteristically daring style, Anthony Burgess combines two responses to Orwell's 1984 in one book. The first is a sharp analysis: through dialogues, parodies and essays, Burgess sheds new light on what he called 'an apocalyptic codex of our worst fears', creating a critique that is literature in its own right. Part two is Burgess' own dystopic vision, written in 1978. He skewers both the present and the future, describing a state where industrial disputes and social unrest compete with overwhelming surveillance, security concerns and the dominance of technology to make life a thing to be suffered rather than lived. Together these two works form a unique guide to one of the twentieth century's most talented, imaginative and prescient writers. Several decades later, Burgess' most singular work still stands.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: 1985
• Author: Anthony Burgess
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9781846689192
• ISBN: 1846689198
• ID: 01242371
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Weight: 172 g
• Dimensions: 199 × 131 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. March 2013

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