{"product_id":"1984-by-george-orwell-1","title":"'1984' by George Orwell","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"568\"\u003eFew novels have been so thoroughly absorbed into public language as this.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"568\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"199\"\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/em\u003e gave the modern world terms like “Big Brother,” “doublethink,” “thoughtcrime,” and “Newspeak,” but Orwell’s real achievement is the texture of managed reality: exhaustion, repetition, surveillance, bureaucratic erosion, the corrosion of language until even private thought begins to feel rented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"1009\"\u003eSet in the superstate of Oceania, the novel follows Winston Smith, a minor records worker tasked with rewriting history to match the Party’s shifting narrative. Unravelling, we find that authoritarian systems do not merely forbid truth, they destabilise the possibility of truth existing at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1290\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis 1993 Compact Books hardcover edition incorporates Orwell’s restored text following the release of the \u003cem data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1134\"\u003eComplete Works\u003c\/em\u003e. A sharp little copy with a striking neon-hand cover design that feels oddly more cyberpunk than Cold War. Very good condition overall with light age wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44577470120019,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-08T152150.835.png?v=1778217833","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/1984-by-george-orwell-1","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}