Absurdistan

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.Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. All his novels and non-fiction, including Burmese Days (1934), Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) and Homage to Catalonia (1938) are published in Penguin Modern Classics. If you enjoyed Nineteen Eighty-Four, you might like Orwell's Animal Farm, also available in Penguin Great Orwell.'His final masterpiece... enthralling and indispensible for understanding modern history'Timothy Garton-Ash, New York Review of Books'The book of the twentieth century... haunts us with an ever-darker relevance'Independent

Résumé : " Mr. Greenleaf accourait vers elle, brandissant son fusil, et elle le vit venir à elle, bien qu'elle ne regardât pas dans sa direction. Elle le vit s'approcher en longeant la lisière d'un cercle invisible, et la ligne d'arbres était béante derrière lui, et ses pieds ne foulaient que le vide. Il visa l'oeil de la bête et fit feu quatre fois. Elle n'entendit pas les détonations, mais elle perçut le tremblement de l'énorme corps alors que le taureau s'affaissait et l'entraînait dans sa chute, rivée à sa tête au point qu'elle semblait, lorsque Mr. Greenleaf fut près d'elle, se pencher sur l'oreille de l'animal et lui chuchoter une ultime révélation.". Mon mal vient de plus loin, " Greenleaf ".

Un roman puissant qui raconte la vie inimaginable et incroyable de Kya, une enfant abandonnée par les siens au cœur d'un marais. Ce lieu devient son refuge et sa seule famille. Une histoire passionnante, enrichissante et douce-amère. Un superbe hymne à la nature !

Ce volume contient : Pastorale américaine - J'ai épousé un communiste - La tache - Le complot contre l'Amérique.