February 9, 2017 13:12

Mystery benefactor gives away '1984'

And urges people to 'fight back' in the US

A mystery benefactor donated numerous copies of George Orwell's 1984 and other dystopian novels like Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts to a bookstore in San Francisco after Donald Trump was elected the President of the US. And people loved this move; the books, which are free, are almost gone!

E-books and online sales also show that there has been a drastic increase in the dystopian literature section, which has become more mainstream now. This article in Mashable talks about how the literary world is witnessing a revolution. Click to read more.