George Orwell's dystopian novel from 1949 is one of the most important works of the 20th century. The civil servant Winston Smith records the living conditions in the surveillance dictatorship of Oceania in his secret diary. When he begins an affair with his young colleague Julia and the two make contact with an underground organization that wants to put an end to the rule of "Big Brother," doom takes its course. A classic that seems highly topical again in the 21st century.

Volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, war correspondent, homeless man. George Orwell saw many forms of social injustice and oppression during his life. He processed his experiences in his works. The novel '1984' was his last, his legacy, which made him a prophet of a fully supervised society. Newly translated by Holger Hanowell and with a compact biography of the author.