1984 with delivery to Ireland

A vision of a totalitarian future in which everyone is a slave to a despotic regime

In this world love does not exist, thoughtcrime is punishable by death, history is constantly rewritten, and language is stripped of meaning. It is a world after the Revolution, where the fearsome edifices of the Ministries of Love, Truth, Peace and Plenty tower over a devastated London, and where everything is in short supply except synthetic gin. A world in which sensuality is forbidden, children are turned against their parents, and all the bitterness and hatred of the citizens is directed at enemies of the people and foreign powers. A world in which the past is dead, the future unimaginable, the Party can do anything, and the ordinary man has no chance.

One day, in this reality, Winston Smith slips away from work, takes an illegally acquired blank notebook from a drawer and, even though helicopters spying on the inhabitants are flying over the city, begins to keep a diary…

KANON W.A.B. is a series of classic literature, featuring Polish and world works that are continually being rediscovered, that still resonate with the challenges of the modern world and speak to the reader's emotions, while also providing a link with the past and our heritage. The series includes both established translations and new ones.