This is a fictional work: any possible reference to present, past or future events is a mere coincidence.At the same time, it is not a fictional work: in the minds of those able to see it, it is a sad picture of a futuristic glance of the present coming from the past. Any reference to present time events cannot be a coincidence.It is both and it is none of the two....
Giuseppe Guarino - Emmanuel Goldstein's The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
Emmanuel Goldstein's The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
excerpt from the book 1984 by George Orwell
Giuseppe Guarino
Beschreibung
This is a fictional work: any possible reference to present, past or future events is a mere coincidence.At the same time, it is not a fictional work: in the minds of those able to see it, it is a sad picture of a futuristic glance of the present coming from the past. Any reference to present time events cannot be a coincidence.It is both and it is none of the two.