1985: A Historical Report (Hongkong 2036) From The Hungarian Of * * *
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: 1 chip on top left corner of jacket.
A darkly satirical work of dystopian fiction, György Dalos's 1985: A Historical Report (Hongkong 2036) From The Hungarian Of * * * presents itself as a scholarly document written fifty years after the events of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, imagining what became of Oceania, its rulers, and its citizens in the aftermath of that harrowing world. Written as a mock academic history compiled by anonymous future scholars, the novel chronicles the collapse of the totalitarian regime and the fates of characters familiar from Orwell's original, including Winston Smith and Julia, with biting wit and meticulous satirical precision. Dalos masterfully illustrates how power structures crumble and how history is rewritten by those who survive them, drawing sharp parallels to the Soviet bloc realities of his own era. The tone is coolly ironic and intellectually playful, functioning simultaneously as a literary homage, a political commentary, and a subversive critique of authoritarian ideology. First published in Hungary in 1983, this unique sequel stands as a bold and imaginative act of literary and political dissent.
Author: György Dalos
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Pantheon Books
Genre: Science fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: 1 chip on top left corner of jacket.
A darkly satirical work of dystopian fiction, György Dalos's 1985: A Historical Report (Hongkong 2036) From The Hungarian Of * * * presents itself as a scholarly document written fifty years after the events of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, imagining what became of Oceania, its rulers, and its citizens in the aftermath of that harrowing world. Written as a mock academic history compiled by anonymous future scholars, the novel chronicles the collapse of the totalitarian regime and the fates of characters familiar from Orwell's original, including Winston Smith and Julia, with biting wit and meticulous satirical precision. Dalos masterfully illustrates how power structures crumble and how history is rewritten by those who survive them, drawing sharp parallels to the Soviet bloc realities of his own era. The tone is coolly ironic and intellectually playful, functioning simultaneously as a literary homage, a political commentary, and a subversive critique of authoritarian ideology. First published in Hungary in 1983, this unique sequel stands as a bold and imaginative act of literary and political dissent.