Zakharova also said that the English classic Orwell allegedly wrote about the “decline of liberalism.”
The well-known literary translator Viktor Golyshev commented on the words of the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, who called the idea that George Orwell wrote the novel “1984” about the USSR a “global fake”. Zakharova also said that the English classic allegedly wrote about the “decline of liberalism.”
“I don’t think it’s about the Soviet Union. I think it’s a novel about a totalitarian state. When he wrote this, there was already a decline in liberalism, but between World Wars I and II, half of Europe was occupied by totalitarian states. But I I don’t know the decline of liberalism at all. So far I can’t say that this is a novel about modern Russia,” Golyshev said for the Rise Telegram channel.
85-year-old Golyshev translated from English into Russian the works of famous writers, in particular Jerome Salinger, JK Rowling, George Orwell, and others. He is the president of the Guild of Literary Translators.
Recall that the media reported that in Belarus want to ban “1984”.
Reference UNIAN: in the anti-utopia “1984” we are talking about a fictional totalitarian state of Oceania, where society lives strictly according to the orders of the party. The main one in the state is “Big Brother”, and the slogans of the party are: “War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength”.
The events of the novel unfold around Winston Smith, who did not fall under propaganda and rebels against the party. The plot of “1984” seems to describe modern Russia and Belarus, according to many writers.
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