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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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- Rok vydání
- 2021
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- Titul
- Coming Up for Air
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- George Orwell
- Vydavatel
- True Sign Publishing House
- Rok vydání
- 2021
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 170
- ISBN13
- 9789354620904
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletrie, Historické romány, Humor, Klasika, 20. století, Britská literatura, Anglie, Anglická literatura, Dětství, Meziválečné období, Manželská krize, Bombardování
- První vydání
- 1939
- Původní název
- Coming Up For Air
- Hodnocení
- 3,8 z 5
- Anotace
- 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.