This is a fictional work: any possible reference to present, past or future events is a mere coincidence.At the same time, it is not a fictional work: in the minds of those able to see it, it is a sad picture of a futuristic glance of the present coming from the past. Any reference to present time events cannot be a coincidence.It is both and it is none of the two....
Giuseppe Guarino - Emmanuel Goldstein's The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
Emmanuel Goldstein's The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
excerpt from the book 1984 by George Orwell
Giuseppe Guarino
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This is a fictional work: any possible reference to present, past or future events is a mere coincidence.At the same time, it is not a fictional work: in the minds of those able to see it, it is a sad picture of a futuristic glance of the present coming from the past. Any reference to present time events cannot be a coincidence.It is both and it is none of the two.