Coming Up for Air

By turns comic and melancholy, Orwell’s fourth novel – published in 1939 to critical and commercial acclaim by Victor Gollancz – is Wellsian in its exploration of the frustrations and helplessness of a lower-middle-class protagonist faced with the indifference of a rapidly changing world, and a vital record of a society on the verge of war.

Pe rand comic si melancolic, cel de-al patrulea roman al lui Orwell - publicat in 1939, cu aprecieri critice si comerciale de Victor Gollancz - este wellsian in explorarea frustrarilor si a neputintei unui protagonist din clasa de mijloc inferioara care se confrunta cu indiferenta unei lumi in schimbare rapida, si un record vital al unei societati in pragul razboiului.