Mil novecientos ochenta y cuatro by George Orwell, illustrated by Antonio Saura

This is George Orwell’s 1984, rendered in a stark, brutalist Spanish edition illustrated by Antonio Saura, published by Galaxia Gutenberg / Círculo de Lectores. Saura’s visceral black-and-white drawings—reproduced throughout—punch through the text like ideological shrapnel. Their nervous, fragmentary lines are a perfect visual counterpart to Orwell’s paranoid prose, translating surveillance and suppression into a language of distortion and dread. The cover alone, built from a grid of raw window shapes and abstracted architecture, reads like a state-sanctioned hallucination. The book was produced with the Fondation archives antonio saura, and the typography, layout, and printing all reflect a level of curatorial care rare for political fiction.

In this Spanish-language version, 1984 is not just read—it’s seen and felt. Antonio Saura, whose work channels both Goya and Art Brut, makes this edition a confrontation with power in its visual form. This isn’t Orwell dressed up—it’s Orwell laid bare.

Technical Sheet
Title: Mil novecientos ochenta y cuatro
Author: George Orwell
Illustrator: Antonio Saura
Technique / Printing Method: Offset
Medium / Materials: Hardcover
Dimensions (cm): approx. 17 × 24
Language: Spanish
Pages: 431
Publisher / Editor: Galaxia Gutenberg / Círculo de Lectores
ISBN: 978-2-940435-01-2
Condition: Fine