1984

1984 Book Description History may be rewritten, names in history may be erased from the record, loyal workers may be sent to the slaughterhouse, but human memory does not forget. Tanks can be deployed to the squares, but there comes a critical moment when some little people stand in front of those tanks. State leaders, ayatollahs and imams may continue to issue fatwas, but different types of revolutions can also occur at the same time. George Orwell, a great political and moral intellectual, wrote his books at a time when he, like most European intellectuals, assumed that the century was heading towards egalitarian and proletarian revolution. Today, we see that perhaps the secret revolution of the century is actually the material revolution of the bourgeoisie or the revolution of entrepreneurial communities. This was not Orwell's expectation; It was certain that he would not desire such a thing. Orwell had the familiar hope of the 20th century, that the socialist revolution would transform or rebuild society. His concern was that the people on whose behalf the revolution was said to have been made were generally victims of the revolution, not its beneficiaries; Therefore, it was the duty of these people to oppose and overthrow their power-hungry leaders... (From the Promotional Bulletin)