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Julia
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London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous
province of Oceania. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a
mechanic fixing the novel-writing machines in the Fiction
Department at the Ministry of Truth. Under the ideology of IngSoc
and the rule of the Party and its leader Big Brother, Julia is a
model citizen - cheerfully cynical, believing in nothing and caring
not at all about politics. She routinely breaks the rules but also
collaborates with the regime whenever necessary. Everyone likes
Julia. A diligent member of the Junior Anti-Sex League (though she
is secretly promiscuous) she knows how to survive in a world of
constant surveillance, Thought Police, Newspeak, Doublethink, child
spies and the black markets of the prole neighbourhoods. She's very
good at staying alive. But Julia becomes intrigued by a colleague
from the Records Department - a mid-level worker of the Outer Party
called Winston Smith - when she sees him locking eyes with a
superior from the Inner Party at the Two Minutes Hate. And when one
day, finding herself walking toward Winston, she impulsively hands
him a note - a potentially suicidal gesture - she comes to realise
that she's losing her grip and can no longer safely navigate her
world. Seventy-five years after Orwell finished writing his iconic
novel, Sandra Newman has tackled the world of Big Brother in a
truly convincing way, offering a dramatically different, feminist
narrative that is true to and stands alongside the original. For
the millions of readers who have been brought up with Orwell's
Nineteen Eighty-Four, here, finally, is a provocative, vital and
utterly satisfying companion novel.
General
Imprint: |
Granta Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Sandra Newman
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
400 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78378-915-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-78378-915-8 |
Barcode: |
9781783789153 |
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