1984 (edición definitiva aprobada por The Orwell Estate)

"I do not believe that the society I have described in 1984 will necessarily become a reality, but I do believe that something similar could come to exist," Orwell wrote after publishing his novel. The year was 1948, and reality has since turned that piece - then science fiction - into a manifesto of reality.

ONE OF THE 5 MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF THE LAST 125 YEARS ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES

"It's one of my favorite books, I read it again and again."
Margaret Atwood

In 1984, London is a bleak city where the Thought Police oppressively control citizens' lives. Winston Smith is a cog in this perverse machine, tasked with rewriting history to conform to what the Party deems the official version of events. Until he decides to question the truth of the system that governs and subjugates them.

This edition, endorsed by The Orwell Estate, faithfully follows the definitive text of the author's complete works, established by Professor Peter Davison. It includes an epilogue by novelist Thomas Pynchon, who contributes his personal vision of totalitarianism and paranoia in the modern world to the book's analysis. Miguel Temprano García is responsible for the superb translation, which is the most recent of the work.

Critics have said...
"Here we are no longer just dealing with what we usually recognize as 'literature' and identify with good writing. Here we are, I repeat, dealing with visionary energy. And not all visions refer to the future, or to the Beyond."
Umberto Eco

"It is not hard to think that Orwell, in 1984, was imagining a future for his son's generation, a world he wished to warn him about."
Thomas Pynchon

"Freedom is such a painful obligation that there will always be those who prefer to surrender. The virtue of books like 1984 is their ability to remind us that the freedom of responsible human beings is not the same as that of animals."
Anthony Burgess

"Since Kafka's The Trial, no fantastic work has achieved the logical horror of 1984."
Arthur Koestler

"A magnificent and deeply interesting book."
Aldous Huxley

"Orwell developed the clearest and most attractive English prose of the 20th century. But it is obvious that he was much more than a great writer. Today he is necessary because of his passion for truth."
The Sunday Times

"Almost before anyone else, he understood that the corruption of words is both a symptom and a cause of the corruption of thought."
Antonio Muñoz Molina

"A radically independent intellectual whose work is of incorruptible moral clarity."
Guillermo Altares, El País

"Probably the most influential Western writer of the 20th century. [...] The true Orwell, whoever he may be, is still taking shape."
The Times

"Orwell was the moral force of his time."
Spectator