{"product_id":"julia","title":"Julia","description":"\u003cp\u003eA PEOPLE Magazine Must-Read Book for Fall 2023 An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2023 A Guardian Biggest New Book of 2023 A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell's 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith's lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. It's 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. In this gripping work of feminist fiction, Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwell's 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll her life, Julia has known only Oceania, and, until she meets Winston Smith, she has never imagined anything else. She is an ideal citizen in this dystopian society: cheerfully cynical, always ready with a bribe, piously repeating every political slogan while believing in nothing. She routinely breaks the rules, but also collaborates with the regime when necessary. Everyone likes Julia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen one day she finds herself walking toward Winston Smith in a corridor and impulsively slips him a note, setting in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story. Julia takes us on a surprising journey through Orwell's now-iconic dystopia, with twists that reveal unexpected sides not only to Julia, but to other familiar figures in the 1984 universe. This unique perspective on a forbidden love under totalitarian rule lays bare our own world in haunting and provocative ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis masterful retelling reimagines the classic novel as a story of female resilience, cynical survival, and daring rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0063265346\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780063265349\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Newman, Sandra\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Sep 2024)","offer_id":45937217011909,"sku":"9780063265349","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780063265349.jpg?v=1772856401","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/julia","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}