1984 by George Orwell
My writing ability multiplied manifold cannot play second fiddle to Orwellian portrayal. So, I am not reviewing the book here. I am here to congratulate Orwell and join him in the belligerent satisfaction of outsizing all literary yardsticks of evocative portrayals. Dystopian novel it is; but, the dystopia is so intense that a person not in excruciating physical pain and with reasoning ability intact will call our world a utopia. Emotional pain does not count because that can be treated (unlearnt). The book paints a world that is a brick kiln of emotions. Everything other than body and brain is vaporized. That is the fate of the citizenry of Oceania. The book denigrates dignity of emotion. Whoever believes in that idea has messed up with his organism. The book explodes continuously, and you cannot but blink uncontrollably. Towards the end, it felt I was reading the book with closed eyes. The horror of the portrayal is so disturbing that you stop empathising with Winston, the protagoni