In this category you will find lots of Modern Fiction books to keep your mind busy with the latest twists and turns. Authors in this category include Margaret Atwood, Alexander McCall Smith, Zadie Smith amongst much more. You can choose the modern fantasy book you want by price, author's name and by the authors name.[...]
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Advantages: Brilliantly written Disadvantages: May be too heavy for some
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Throughout the aeons come ideas. In the greatest examinations it’s been proven over and over again that material things can be destroyed, people’s crushed under the weight of superior forces but the enduring tenet that out lives all ...
Advantages: A crystal clear message and warning. Plus, a great story in itself! Disadvantages: Can be very heavy-going and depressing
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The action opens in the grim dwelling of Winston Smith, the book's central protagonist. Everything in the world of "1984" is seen through his eyes. The reader is left in ...
Advantages: Gripping story, great concepts Disadvantages: Scary vision of the future
1984 is very difficult to define. It can be viewed as a prophetic vision of the future, as pure science fiction, as political commentary or even a tragic love story. Its enduring appeal and its greatness as a novel is due to the fact that all these labels ...
Advantages: A classic read Disadvantages: Only if you think the warning no longer applicable
...I'll assume most people will have heard of Orwell's 1984 - even if you have only the vaguest idea what it's about, certain phrases such as Big Brother and Room 101 have become parts of our popular culture (generally for the worse of TV). The fact that the ...
Advantages: It still has a message even for the 21st century Disadvantages: None
It isn’t very often that I say of a novel that it is one which everyone simply must read at least once in his or her lifetime. But I firmly believe that “Nineteen Eighty Four” is one such novel. Although it was written a long time ago (i ...