{"product_id":"1984-1","title":"1984 - George Orwell","description":"\u003cp\u003e~ Trade Paperback, Cover Designed to Look Distressed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~ Prometheus Hall of Fame Award - 1984\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real.  Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life, the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language, and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArguably the twentieth-century's most famous novel, \u003cem\u003e1984\u003c\/em\u003e is a dystopian study of political tyranny, mind control, paranoia, and secret mass surveillance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goodwill Bookstore - London Adelaide","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43696436019452,"sku":"","price":5.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/1166\/0466\/files\/20260818_133614.jpg?v=1787516129","url":"https:\/\/gwbookstore-london.myshopify.com\/products\/1984-1","provider":"Goodwill Bookstore - London Adelaide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}