Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2019Longlisted
for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2020 'Fascinating . . .
If you have even the slightest interest in Orwell or in the development
of our culture, you should not miss this engrossing, enlightening
book.' John Carey, Sunday Times George Orwell's 1984 has become a
defining narrative of the modern world. Its cultural influence can be
observed in some of the most notable creations of the past seventy
years, from Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale to the reality TV
landmark Big Brother, while ideas such as 'thought police',
'doublethink', and 'Newspeak' are ingrained in our language. The
Ministry of Truth charts the life of one of the most influential books
of the twentieth century and a work that is ever more relevant in this
tumultuous era of 'fake news' and 'alternative facts'.
Dorian
Lynskey investigates the influences that came together in the writing of
1984 from Orwell's experiences in the Spanish Civil War and in wartime
London to his fascination with utopian and dystopian fiction. Lynskey
explores the phenomenon the novel became when it was first published in
1949 and the changing ways in which it has been read over the decades
since, revealing how history can inform fiction and how fiction can
influence history. 'Everything you wanted to know about 1984 but were
too busy misusing the word "Orwellian" to ask.' Caitlin Moran
The Ministry of Truth : A Biography of George Orwell's 1984 - Dorian Lynskey
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