Stefkus reviewed Farm der Tiere by George Orwell
Farm der Tiere
4 stars
"Alle Tiere sind gleich aber manche sind gleicher"
Paperback, 140 pages
English language
Published April 6, 2004 by Signet.
Animal Farm
4 stars
(5 reviews)
George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.
Martijn 🐖 reviewed Animal farm: a fairy story by George Orwell
A book of all times and scarily accurate
5 stars
This book gives a lot of thought about the current time, but has done so in previous years. The key takeaway is to take care of yourself, your rights and to stand up for what you believe is right.
A great insightful and easy read.
Thinly veiled communism
3 stars
Well, power corrupts, and leaders are all evil. Short at least, and will stick with you. Would liked to have seen Snowball have a final say
dsctm3 reviewed Animal farm: a fairy story by George Orwell
Clearly a preceeding work from George Orwell, reminiscent of his hit, 1984
5 stars
A much shorter and maybe even slightly more relatable dystopian story about a micro-society of intelligent farm animals turned authoritarianism. The story walks you through a process starting with great ideas for the common good, slowly perverted into one "persons" will.
A great, easy read that complimenets or perhaps precedes 1984. At least sets up the "early phase" of what 1984 portrays.
aldi80s reviewed Rebelión en la granja by George Orwell
Excelente analogía del comunismo.
5 stars
Una de las mejores analogías que he leído y en este caso, Orwell expone la cruda realidad del comunismo representada en los animales de la granja, donde los cerdos son los líderes del nuevo gobierno (nada mejor representado con los cerdos) y sus víctimas, los animales según el carácter de cada uno de ellos. Un libro recomendado.
Subjects
- Totalitarianism
- Allegories
- Literature
- Soviet Union
- Fables
- Political fiction
- Satire
- Domestic animals