A Breath of Air

England on the eve of World War II, the main character of the novel «A Breath of Air» George Bowling, nicknamed «Fatty», wins 17 pounds at the races and decides to go to his hometown of Binfield to escape the... mundanity of his life, engage in his sole passion — fishing, and indulge in memories of the past. But everything in the village has changed for the worse, George's idyllic dreams are shattered, that England from his memories is gone forever.

This novel was published in 1939, is considered the most perfect of Orwell's early works, addressing themes of memory, nostalgia, disappointment, and fear in the face of the woes of modernity — industrialization, capitalist exploitation, and war.

England on the eve of World War II, the main character of the novel "A Breath of Air" George Bowling, nicknamed "Fatty", wins 17 pounds at the races and decides to go to his hometown of Binfield to escape the mundanity of his life, engage in his sole passion — fishing, and indulge in memories of the past. But everything in the village has changed for the worse, George's idyllic dreams are shattered, that England from his memories is gone forever. This novel was published in 1939, is considered the most perfect of Orwell's early works, addressing themes of memory, nostalgia, disappointment, and fear in the face of the woes of modernity — industrialization, capitalist exploitation, and war.