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Set against the backdrop of impending war, the narrative follows George Bowling, a disillusioned insurance salesman yearning for the simplicity of his childhood. At forty-five, he grapples with the pressures of family life and societal change, symbolized by his physical decline and existential dread. As he reflects on a lost idyllic era, Orwell poignantly captures the tension between nostalgia and the harsh realities of modernity, making it a powerful commentary on the anxieties of pre-war Britain.
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Coming Up for Air, George Orwell
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- Pubblicato
- 2021
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- Titolo
- Coming Up for Air
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- George Orwell
- Editore
- True Sign Publishing House
- Pubblicato
- 2021
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 170
- ISBN13
- 9789354620904
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Umorismo, Classici, XX Secolo, Letteratura britannica, Inghilterra, Letteratura inglese, Infanzia, Periodo tra le due guerre, Crisi matrimoniale, Bombardamento
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1939
- Titolo originale
- Coming Up For Air
- Valutazione
- 3,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- Set against the backdrop of impending war, the narrative follows George Bowling, a disillusioned insurance salesman yearning for the simplicity of his childhood. At forty-five, he grapples with the pressures of family life and societal change, symbolized by his physical decline and existential dread. As he reflects on a lost idyllic era, Orwell poignantly captures the tension between nostalgia and the harsh realities of modernity, making it a powerful commentary on the anxieties of pre-war Britain.