検索キーワード： "Sandra Newman" 文芸小説

Julia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. It’s 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwell’s 1984.

London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. Under the ideology of IngSoc and the rule of the Party and its leader Big Brother, Julia is a model citizen - cheerfully cynical, believing in nothing and caring not at all about politics. She routinely breaks the rules but also collaborates with the regime whenever necessary. Everyone likes Julia.

Mit seinem berühmten Roman "1984" gelang George Orwell eine visionäre Dystopie über eine Welt der totalen Überwachung. Nun wird dieser Klassiker zu ganz neuem Leben erweckt - und aus der Sicht der weiblichen Hauptfigur erzählt. Die gewitzte Mechanikerin Julia hat längst ihre ganz eigenen Strategien entwickelt, um in dem unmenschlichen Überwachungssystem zu überleben. Doch dann verliebt sie sich in Winston, und damit gerät alles aus den Fugen. Dieser eigentümliche Mann gibt Julia immer wieder Rätsel auf, und sollte ihre Liebe auffliegen, könnte sie das ihr Leben kosten.