Anjan Sundaram's 6 favorite books about people fighting the system

The esteemed author recommends works by Franz Kafka, José Saramago, and more

Anjan Sundaram offers a list of his favorite books.
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Esteemed author Anjan Sundaram recommends works by Franz Kafka, José Saramago, and more:

1984 by George Orwell (Signet, $10). The most important scene in this book, for me, is when the hero, Winston Smith, meets the leader of the secret opposition and is asked how far he's willing to go to defeat Big Brother. Would he throw acid on a child's face? He says he would. And thanks to Orwell's genius, we readers never lose sympathy for Winston. We understand him in a way that we might understand few people in real life who would say such a thing.

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