Review of 1984 by George Orwell
Orwell had it wrong. You don’t have to change or destroy existing records to change the truth. You just have to bury them under a slew of new ones.
Orwell had it wrong. You don’t have to change or destroy existing records to change the truth. You just have to bury them under a slew of new ones.
This book is mind-blowing! My French teacher had it when I was in high school… 20 years later I was thrilled when I found a copy of my own.
Cyrillic: Incomprehensible yet blessedly phonetic!
This “review” contains quotes from the book and explanations for why I chose them.
Someday, I want to get my hands on the Spanish, Dutch, and Czech translations of this same book.
This “review” consists of some quotes from the book and explanations for why I chose them.
I’d bet far more people have heard of this influential Chinese classic than have read it.
Quibble how you will about inaccuracies in the depiction of linguistics, the fact that Hollywood deigns to depict a linguist at all is nice.
It’s as if Kafka decided to write a book with Carl Sagan, M.C. Escher, and the author of Flatland, and set it in China.
My collection of copies of The Little Prince just got bigger!