Le rêve de la liberté dans 2084. La fin du monde (2015) de Boualem Sansal
Dream of freedom in „2084. La fin du monde” (2015) of Boualem Sansal

Summary/Abstract: A dream, that of freedom, inspires Ati, the central character of 2084. The End of theWorld, a novel published in 2015, in France, by Boualem Sansal, an Algerian author.In this work, ‘the end of the world’ has taken place. The powers of the North havebeen wiped out. Only one country survives, the ‘Abistan’, a theocratic empire basedon ‘Acceptance’, the religion of this entity. No deviance is tolerated. The title refersto George Orwell’s novel, 1984, published in 1949, in England. The subtitle suggeststhat all freedom has disappeared. One individual, however, Ati, began to glimpse the‘mystery of freedom’. This dream lives in him now. How is it translated into this story byan irrepressible aspiration, by a feverish quest and a vain research?

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