Julia: Una Nueva Versión de 1984, de George Orwell (Novela) / Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell´s 1984 (a Novel) by Sandra Newman

Julia: Una Nueva Versión de 1984, de George Orwell (Novela) / Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell´s 1984 (a Novel) by Sandra Newman

Una brillante e imaginativa versi n feminista del cl sico de Orwell coincidiendo con el 75 aniversario de la primera publicaci n de 1984.

Mejor Libro del A o 2023 seg n The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Esquire, LitHub, People Magazine y Marie Claire.

Airstrip One, Londres, a o 1984. Julia Worthing trabaja como mec nica en el Ministerio de la Verdad. Gobiernan el Partido y su l der, el Gran Hermano. Julia infringe las reglas con frecuencia, pero tambi n coopera con el r gimen cuando le conviene. Sabe c mo sobrevivir en un mundo de vigilancia constante. Pero cuando se siente intrigada por un colega, Winston Smith, todo a su alrededor se desmorona.

Julia, nos muestra 1984 desde una nueva perspectiva. Subversiva, sagaz y tremendamente cautivadora, va m s all de la conocida historia de Winston Smith y ense a c mo es para las mujeres sobrevivir en el mundo feroz de Gran Hermano.

Un viaje fascinante al totalitarismo de Orwell en 1984--The Guardian

Newman no solo moderniza 1984, hace que sea esencial leerlo. -- Sunday Times

Una escritora poderosa e inteligente. Una novela maravillosamente escrita. ― The Times

Newman demuestra ser una digna sucesora de Orwell--Los Angeles Times

Subversiva. Inteligente. Y su final Oh, si s lo pudi ramos hablar del final --The Washington Post

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A 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

An 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.

Julia 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. 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.

All her life, Julia has known only Oceania, and, until she meets Winston Smith, she has never imagined anything else. She is an ideal citizen: 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.

Then 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 lays bare our own world in haunting and provocative ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.

Sandra Newman is the author of Cake, The Only Good Thing Anybody Has Ever Done, and Changeling, as well as a memoir. She is the coauthor of Read This Next and How Not to Write a Novel. Newman is a Brooklyn resident.