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Coming Up for Air

By: Series: Penguin Modern ClassicsPublication details: England; Penguin Books in association with Martin Secker & Warburg; 2000Description: 246 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780141185699
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.91
Summary: "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 ..."--Amazon.co.uk.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Classics 823.91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 01/04/2023 PKLC022650
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Classics 823.91 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC020366
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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 ..."--Amazon.co.uk.

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