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“God is Power”: A Discussion of Religion in the Dystopian Worlds of George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

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In the first half of the 20th century, an economic depression, two world wars, waves of communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, the rise of fascism and dictatorship in Germany, Italy and Spain, and ultimately the beginning of the Nuclear Age left the population of Europe polarised and anxious. What sounds like a dystopian novel itself … Continue reading “God is Power”: A Discussion of Religion in the Dystopian Worlds of George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

An Inquiry into the Abiding Popularity of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

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The future is now In 2017, exactly 35 years after Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) was released in cinemas, moviegoers were once again brought back to the dystopian science-fiction world based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968). The reason for this was the release of Denis Villeneuve’s sequel Blade … Continue reading An Inquiry into the Abiding Popularity of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Die On-Off-Generation: Über den Bestseller „Normale Menschen” von Sally Rooney

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Sally Rooney ist ein neuer Star der Literaturszene. Nach ihrem Debütroman Gespräche mit Menschen (2017) gelang der 29-jährigen Schriftstellerin aus Irland mit ihrem zweiten Roman Normale Menschen 2018 der internationale Durchbruch. Allein in den USA wurden in den ersten vier Monaten nach der Veröffentlichung über 64 000 Hardcover-Exemplare verkauft. Im Jahr 2020 folgte die Fernsehadaption. Die … Continue reading Die On-Off-Generation: Über den Bestseller „Normale Menschen” von Sally Rooney

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

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The Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk has been publishing novels in her home country for over three decades now. Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych was published in 2009 and exactly ten years later, the translation Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by the incredibly talented Antonia Lloyd-Jones finally conquered the international book … Continue reading Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

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"Let me begin again". With this phrase, Ocean Vuong, introduces his debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. But how do I begin? After reading Vuong's epistolary novel, I am struggling to find the words that would help me express my thoughts on this book, simply because he manages to play and experiment with language, … Continue reading On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong