1984 (edición definitiva avalada 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 may come to exist," Orwell wrote after publishing his novel. It 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 among my favorite books; I read it again and again."
Margaret Atwood

In 1984, London is a bleak city where the Thought Police oppressively control the lives of citizens. Winston Smith is a cog in this perverse machine, and his job is to rewrite history to adapt it to what the Party considers 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 analysis of the book. Miguel Temprano García is responsible for the superb translation, which is the most recent version 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, before visionary energy. And not all visions refer to the future, or to the Afterlife."
Umberto Eco

"It's not hard to imagine that Orwell, in 1984, was envisioning a future for his son's generation, a world he wanted 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 engaging English prose of the 20th century. But it is obvious that he was much more than a great writer. Today he is essential 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 the cause of the corruption of thought."
Antonio Muñoz Molina

"A radically independent intellectual whose work possesses an unyielding moral clarity."
Guillermo Altares, El País

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

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