A new edition of Orwell's elegiac fourth novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. Taylor
First published in 1939 and dominated by the shadow of the Second World War, Coming up for Air finds fat, middle-aged and unhappily-married George Bowling trying to revisit the world of his Edwardian childhood in rural Oxforshire, only to discover that the certainties of his past are dead and that a very different future is looming up to claim him.
This new edition includes an introduction and extensive end-notes, and an appendix containing original responses to the novel as well as letters and documents from the period in which it was written.
| ISBN: | 9781472133090 |
| Publication date: | 9th June 2022 |
| Author: | George Orwell |
| Publisher: | Constable an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | Orwell: The New Editions |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |
A new edition of Orwell's elegiac fourth novel, introduced and annotated by his biographer, D.J. TaylorFirst published in 1939 and dominated by the shadow of the Second World War, Coming up for Air finds fat, middle-aged and unhappily-married George Bowling trying to revisit the world of his Edwardian childhood in rural Oxforshire, only to discover that the certainties of his past are dead and that a very different future is looming up to claim him.This new edition includes an introduction and extensive end-notes, and an appendix containing original responses to the novel as well as letters and documents from the period in which it was written.
Coming Up for Air features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary
Paperback, Ebook. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
Coming Up for Air was written by George Orwell and published by Constable an imprint of Little, Brown
Coming Up for Air has 336 pages
Yes it is part of Orwell: The New Editions series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.