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One (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
Taschenbuch von David Karp
Sprache: Englisch

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In a dateless future, a seemingly benevolent totalitarian State has eliminated poverty, crime, war, and religious intolerance and brought the happiness of conformity to its people. Professor Burden thinks he too is a loyal citizen, but the Department of Internal Examination discovers that he secretly values his individuality. Believing Burden to be a threat to the continued existence of the State, an examiner named Lark decides to cure him of his heresy and return him to being a normal, productive member of society-by persuasion if possible, but by complete obliteration of his identity if necessary.
First published in 1953, One earned critical comparisons to the great dystopian novels of Orwell and Huxley. It is both a gripping psychological thriller and an indictment of totalitarianism which, as Philip Boakes argues in the new introduction to this edition, is more relevant than ever.
"The publishers have bracketed this novel with Darkness at Noon, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World, which I at first thought presumptuous; but now, after reading it, I am inclined to agree." - Cyril Connolly, The Sunday Times
"[P]erhaps even more terrifying [than Orwell's 1984]." - Saturday Review
"A thriller, though physical danger is rarely present; a detective story without a detective; a vibrant chase without physical movement; and a restatement of an important ethical point which probably badly needs to be restated now. Compared to it, most of the Utopian writing of this century ... is mere science fiction." - The New York Times
In a dateless future, a seemingly benevolent totalitarian State has eliminated poverty, crime, war, and religious intolerance and brought the happiness of conformity to its people. Professor Burden thinks he too is a loyal citizen, but the Department of Internal Examination discovers that he secretly values his individuality. Believing Burden to be a threat to the continued existence of the State, an examiner named Lark decides to cure him of his heresy and return him to being a normal, productive member of society-by persuasion if possible, but by complete obliteration of his identity if necessary.
First published in 1953, One earned critical comparisons to the great dystopian novels of Orwell and Huxley. It is both a gripping psychological thriller and an indictment of totalitarianism which, as Philip Boakes argues in the new introduction to this edition, is more relevant than ever.
"The publishers have bracketed this novel with Darkness at Noon, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World, which I at first thought presumptuous; but now, after reading it, I am inclined to agree." - Cyril Connolly, The Sunday Times
"[P]erhaps even more terrifying [than Orwell's 1984]." - Saturday Review
"A thriller, though physical danger is rarely present; a detective story without a detective; a vibrant chase without physical movement; and a restatement of an important ethical point which probably badly needs to be restated now. Compared to it, most of the Utopian writing of this century ... is mere science fiction." - The New York Times
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781943910847
ISBN-10: 1943910847
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Karp, David
Hersteller: Valancourt Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 127 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: David Karp
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2017
Gewicht: 0,276 kg
Artikel-ID: 122201429
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781943910847
ISBN-10: 1943910847
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Karp, David
Hersteller: Valancourt Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 127 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: David Karp
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2017
Gewicht: 0,276 kg
Artikel-ID: 122201429
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