Modern Classics Coming Up for Air
Modern Classics Coming Up for Air by George Orwell is a thought-provoking exploration of nostalgia and the impact of impending war. Published by National Geographic Books on February 6, 2001, this new edition spans 256 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows George Bowling, a middle-aged insurance salesman, as he grapples with his mundane life and a longing to return to the innocence of his childhood, set against the backdrop of the looming Second World War.
In this poignant account, readers will find a blend of humor and realism as Bowling’s journey to his childhood village, Lower Binfield, unfolds. The story captures his fears of modernity and the societal changes that threaten his idyllic memories. As he seeks solace in the past, the narrative delves into themes of disillusionment and the challenges of reconciling with the present. This edition offers a fresh look at Orwell’s insights into human nature and societal transformation, making it a significant addition to the canon of classic fiction.
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George Orwell’s paean to the end of an idyllic era in British history, Coming Up for Air is a poignant account of one man’s attempt to recapture childhood innocence as war looms on the horizon.
George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth – and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times – since, in 1939, the Second World War is imminent – foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. So he decides to escape to the world of his childhood, to the village he remembers as a rural haven of peace and tranquillity. But his return journey to Lower Binfield may bring only a more complete disillusionment …
‘Very funny, as well as invigoratingly realistic … Nineteen Eighty-Four is here in embryo. So is Animal Farm … not many novels carry the seeds of two classics as well as being richly readable themselves’
John Carey, Sunday Times
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