About the book
From George Orwell, the author of 1984 and Animal Farm, Coming Up for Air is the classic, comic novel about the everyday struggles of the common man and a satiric look at the trappings of middle-class suburbia.
George \"Tubby\" Bowling is a middle-aged insurance salesman, a job at which he grimly excels, dutifully paying the mortgage on an average English suburban row house, and supporting an ungrateful family. As the years roll by, he comes to feel like a hostage to his wife and children, regarding them as wardens and himself as a prisoner.
One day, after winning some money from a bet at the races, George steals away from his family to visit the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing by the RAF—the perfect ending to his failed escape.
\"A work of rare vigor and imagination.\"—New York Herald-Tribune Book Review
Editions of Coming Up For Air
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780156196253
- EBook
- ISBN 9780547564029
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From George Orwell, the author of 1984 and Animal Farm, Coming Up for Air is the classic, comic novel about the everyday struggles of the common man and a satiric look at the trappings of middle-class suburbia.
George \"Tubby\" Bowling is a middle-aged insurance salesman, a job at which he grimly excels, dutifully paying the mortgage on an average English suburban row house, and supporting an ungrateful family. As the years roll by, he comes to feel like a hostage to his wife and children, regarding them as wardens and himself as a prisoner.
One day, after winning some money from a bet at the races, George steals away from his family to visit the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing by the RAF—the perfect ending to his failed escape.
\"A work of rare vigor and imagination.\"—New York Herald-Tribune Book Review
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What is Coming Up For Air about?
From George Orwell, the author of 1984 and Animal Farm, Coming Up for Air is the classic, comic novel about the everyday struggles of the common man and a satiric look at the trappings of middle-class suburbia.
George \"Tubby\" Bowling is a middle-aged insurance salesman, a job at which he grimly excels, dutifully paying the mortgage on an average English suburban row house, and supporting an ungrateful family. As the years roll by, he comes to feel like a hostage to his wife and children, regarding them as wardens and himself as a prisoner.
One day, after winning some money from a bet at the races, George steals away from his family to visit the village where he grew up, to fish for carp in a pool he remembers from thirty years before. The pool, alas, is gone, the village has changed beyond recognition, and the principal event of his holiday is an accidental bombing by the RAF—the perfect ending to his failed escape.
\"A work of rare vigor and imagination.\"—New York Herald-Tribune Book Review
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Coming Up For Air?
Fiction > Fiction / Literature / Comics / Graphic novels: narrative themes > Narrative theme: sense of place
Where can I read a sample of Coming Up For Air?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Coming Up For Air?
George Orwell
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Coming Up For Air is available as paperback(ISBN 9780156196253) and ebook(ISBN 9780547564029)
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