When Mildred attempts suicide, and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life. First published in 1953, Fahrenheit 451 is a classic novel set in the future when books forbidden by a totalitarian regime are burned. The hero, a book burner, su…
Whit Allgood is renowned for healing the victimised. But now the people of his City have turned their backs on all who use magic, and Whit is faced with a terrible choice: give up his power or let good people die. Wisty Allgood once saved the City from despair, but now she watches over a society that fears her power and is unwilling to accept her as she is. Increasingly bitter and is…
Karya monumental Eric Arthur Blair, atau yang lebih dikenal dengan nama pena George Orwell, yang berjudul Animal Farm ini terkenal dengan nada satirisnya dalam bercerita. Buku ini menyajikan arti sebuah kekuasaan yang totaliter dengan bentuk yang tidak biasa, setidaknya untuk sebuah karya sastra yang menceritakan politik, yaitu dalam bentuk fabel binatang. Dengan bentuk demikian, seolah Orwell …