George Orwell ’s dystopian classic 1984 occupy the phone number one spot on Amazon ’s best - selling Word inclination yesterday , where itremains today . A admonitory tale about a brutal , amoral dictator has plainly felt relevant to people lately . But as of today , Amazon — the world ’s largest bookseller — is ineffective to keep up with demand .
Currently 1984 is printed by Signet classic , and both the hardcover and softcover versions are listed as “ temporarily out of breed . ” As CNNreported yesterday , Penguin ( the parent companionship of the New American Library , Signet ’s parent ship’s company ) is rush along to print more copies of Orwell ’s novel . Under the Trump presidential term , quotes like , “ The object of torture is torture ” and , “ If you want a ikon of the future , imagine a iron heel stamp on a human aspect — for ever ” must be resonating with people . Go soma .
Digital editions are n’t consumable so anyone seek to reread a piece of their midway school curriculum can well do so on an e - referee or use Amazon to purchase used and out - of - mark transcript through third company sellers . Realistically , this is n’t a boastful deal and copy will for sure be back in blood line soon for those of us who prefer our speculative fable on dead trees . It ’s still bonkers to think Amazon would manage to completely sell out of a classic , aggregative - market Christian Bible this wide study .
We ’ve reached out to George Orwell to see why he thinks his book is suddenly experience a surge of popularity . Orwell has been dead for over 60 years , but we ’ll update if we hear back . Until then it ’s anyone ’s best guess .
Update 1/28/17 5:40pm EST : Amazon now list the mass market paperback variation as being in Malcolm stock depart February 3rd .
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