Description
"Noir fiction à la Orwell." Le Monde
In the kingdom of Abistan, citizens submit to a single god, demonstrating their devotion by kneeling in prayer nine times a day, denouncing dissenters, and demonstrating blind faith in a just god. Secular learning has been banned, remembering is forbidden, and an omnipresent surveillance system informs the authorities of every deviant act, thought, or idea.
Ati has encountered certain people, however, wanderers and outcasts, who think differently. In ghettos and caves, hidden from the authorities and the ubiquitous surveillance, exist the last living freethinkers of Abistan. Under their influence, Ati begins to doubt, and ultimately undertakes a perilous journey into Abistan's hidden territories in an effort to resist submission and discover the true origin of the Holy Book.
A tribute to George Orwell's 1984, a work of political satire, and a novel of protest against totalitarianism of all kinds, Sansal's 2084 tells the story of one man's struggle for freedom in a near future in which independent thought has been outlawed.
"A powerful satire...Sansal spares us nothing of the horrors of the autocratic state, its hypocrisy, its deceptions and malicious contrivances." The Spectator
"Always intriguing...Sansal's playfulness is his most endearing writerly quality." The National
Product Details
| Publisher | Europa Editions |
| Publish Date | January 31, 2017 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781609453664 |
| Dimensions | 8.1 X 5.2 X 0.9 inches | 0.7 pounds |
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Reviews
"2084 is a powerful novel that celebrates resistance."
--The Guardian
""A powerful satire on an Islamist dictatorship."
--The Spectator
"Sharply satiric...it's worthwhile watching Sansal dig fiercely into the essence of the all-controlling religious belief he roundly condemns."
--Library Journal
"Alison Anderson's deft and intelligent translation of 2084 helps to overcome such binary thinking by conveying Sansal's abhorrence of a system that controls people's minds, while explaining that the religion was not originially evil but has been corrupted. A moving and cautionary story."
--Kate Webb, The Times Literary Supplement
"2084 is a rare, powerful book, at the intersection of fable and lampoon,
of satire and science fiction."
--Lire
"The story is powerful, the humor, devastating . . . 2084 is an exceptional book."
--Télérama
"Boualem Sansal is of the great voices of North Africa."
--Le Monde Cultures et Idées
"2084 is noir fiction à la Orwell."
--Le Monde
--The Rain Taxi Review
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"2084 "is a rare, powerful book, at the intersection of fable and lampoon,
of satire and science fiction.
"Lire
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The story is powerful, the humor, devastating . . . "2084 "is an exceptional book.
"Telerama
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Boualem Sansal is of the great voices of North Africa.
"Le Monde Cultures et Idees
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"2084 "is noir fiction a la Orwell.
"Le Monde""
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