George Orwell 1947 140p MMPB A concise novella dealing with the rise and betrayal of the revolution waged by over-worked animals on a little farm. A great explanation of recuperation and the corruption of power. $1-5 Other works involving george orwell, totalitarianism, recuperation, communism, work, stalin, dystopia, fiction
George Orwell 1948 292p MMPB Classic anti-authoritarian novel about a totalitarianism. Set in the future dystopian world of 1984, where wars are fought with the same people that the government previously armed, language is being deconstructed and erased so that people don’t even know how to think and speak against the powerful few who run … Continue reading 1984 →
Suzzane Collins 2008 384p 5 x 8 In retribution for a crushed uprising years before, each region of the future, dystopian United States must send its children to fight each other to the death. What will people do to survive? What will people watch to be entertained (and forget … Continue reading The Hunger Games →
Abel Paz 2006 800p 6 x 9 The most thorough account of Buenaventuera Durruti’s life and spain in the tumultuous and rowdy years of the 1920-1930s in English. Paz, who fought in the spanish revolution as a teenager, seamlessly weaves intimate biographical details of Durruti’s life—his progression from factory worker … Continue reading Durruti in the Spanish Revolution →