An unknown hero is donating copies of “1984” to a bookstore, hoping to inspire people to “fight back”
Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, an anonymous person has donated copies of 1984 to a bookstore to give out for free, urging people to “read up and fight back.”
More than 50 copies have been donated to Booksmith, a store in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco.
The books accompanied the following sign:
"Read up! Fight back! A mysterious benefactor has bought these copies of 1984 for ~you~ if you need one!"
George Orwell’s 1949 Dystopian novel has been hard to find in the days following Trump’s inaguration, with many bookstores and online retailers selling out.
Oh mysterious benefactor, how I love thee… @Booksmith pic.twitter.com/TXi8alkYgO
— Christin Evans (@christinevans) February 3, 2017
After the free copies of 1984 were all gone, the bookstore put out free copies of The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel featuring a near-future US that is now a puritan theocracy, and In the Garden of Beasts, a book about an American family living in Hitler’s Berlin.
It is not clear whether or not the same benefactor purchased those books as well, or if another kind soul donated the books.
Knowledge is power, and these mysterious benefactors clearly want to add power to the resistance.
