Julia

1984 is a novel by George Orwell that reflects on totalitarianism. Sandra Newman has written a companion novel that offers a feminist narrative that is true to the original.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 19 October 2023
Publisher: Granta Books

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, this captivating reflection on totalitarianism is refracted through Orwell's times and our own. Set in the dystopian world of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania, the novel takes place in 1984. Julia Worthing, a mechanic at the Ministry of Truth, is a model citizen under the ideology of IngSoc and the rule of the Party and its leader, Big Brother. She adeptly navigates a world of constant surveillance, Thought Police, Newspeak, Doublethink, child spies, and the black markets of the prole neighborhoods. She is skilled at surviving, but her curiosity leads her to a colleague from the Records Department, Winston Smith, a mid-level worker of the Outer Party. As Julia delves deeper into his world, she realizes she is losing her grip and cannot safely navigate her own. Seventy-five years after Orwell completed 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 millions of readers who have been brought up with Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, here is a provocative, vital, and utterly satisfying companion novel.

Weight: 620g
Dimension: 242 x 163 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781783789153