His quest was to constantly acknowledge his biases, understand his mistakes and always to think more clearly. "I became very drawn to his honesty and his trying to tell the truth while being aware that you can never tell a purely objective truth. I did read everything he wrote: The Complete Works of George Orwell is a twenty-volume series, which is estimated to be around two million words. He had this particular voice where he always seemed like he was on your side he was just writing what a 'normal common sense guy' would think if that 'normal common sense guy' was uncannily articulate. "He was a uniquely gifted essayist because he was able to get across quite complex ideas with the utmost clarity. It doesn't necessarily strike you that way the first time you read it. It doesn't necessarily strike you that way the first time you read it." As an adult revisiting 1984, it's very rewarding to discover how rich and complicated the book is. As an adult revisiting it, it's very rewarding to discover how rich and complicated the book is. Even now, it's the quintessential dark future. "It was my introduction to the idea of dark futures. It certainly introduced me to the genre, particularly since there wasn't a lot of popular young adult dystopian fiction at the time. But there's so much information in it that you can't really process. "The book 1984is one that tends to have a visceral effect on the reader, especially when you're young.
39 true-not-alternative facts about George Orwell's 1984.As a journalist, I was drawn to Orwell's essays and some of his other nonfiction." "My book, The Ministry of Truth, however, goes in a different direction and becomes much more interested in Orwell's biography. From there, I thought the way to tell that story is through 1984. My research took me back to the utopian fiction boom of the late 19th century. "The idea for this book came about because I was interested in the history of dystopias, but I didn't know exactly how these dystopian tropes evolved. George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, was a British novelist and essayist, journalist and critic.
He also explores the novel's immense cultural influence - on politics, language, music and advertising - and how its relevance has shifted over the decades.ĭorian Lynskey spoke to Eleanor Wachtel from the CBC's London studio. In The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984, Lynskey traces the events in Orwell's life that shaped the writing of 1984. At the same time, English writer and critic Dorian Lynskey was working on a new book about the novel. President Donald Trump - prompted renewed interest in 1984. In 2017, the expression "alternative facts" - used by the office of U.S. It has inspired many adaptations, including a 1949 NBC radio drama, a 1954 BBC teleplay and a popular 1984 movie, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton.
A grim depiction of an authoritarian future, it was compared to an earthquake, a bundle of dynamite and the label on a bottle of poison.ġ984 is the story of two lovers, Winston and Julia, set in a brutal state of fear, perpetual war, mass surveillance and distorted reality. The novel was an immediate success, selling more than a quarter of a million copies in the first six months and spending 20 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. George Orwell's dystopian classic 1984 was published 70 years ago, on June 8, 1949.
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