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Jennifer Egan Says Reading George Orwell’s “1984” as a Kid Was ‘a Political Awakening’
When asked what book politicized her, Egan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of A Visit from the Goon Squad and The Candy House, shared she was impacted by one of George Orwell’s dystopian ...
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Orwell was right: The dystopia of ‘1984’ is already here
In a new documentary presented at the Cannes Film Festival, director Raoul Peck uses the British writer’s thoughts to analyze ...
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We Are All Living in George Orwell’s World Now
Even a fellow Republican, Representative Don Bacon of Nebraska, couldn’t resist: “Putin started this war,” he posted on X, adding, “I don’t accept George Orwell’s doublethink.” ...
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Dystopia Now! In ‘Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5,’ Director Raoul Peck Shows How ‘1984’ Author Foresaw Today’s Authoritarian Drift — Cannes
George Orwell in 1941 ullstein bild/ullstein bild ... Filmmaker Raoul Peck Michael Buckner for Deadline Peck was born in Haiti but as a child he and his family fled to the Democratic Republic ...