{"product_id":"julia-3","title":"Julia By Newman, Sandra","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It''s 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-writing machines in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. Under the ideology of IngSoc and the rule of the Party and its leader Big Brother, Julia is a model citizen - cheerfully cynical, believing in nothing and caring not at all about politics. She routinely breaks the rules but also collaborates with the regime whenever necessary. Everyone likes Julia. A diligent member of the Junior Anti-Sex League (though she is secretly promiscuous) she knows how to survive in a world of constant surveillance, Thought Police, Newspeak, Doublethink, child spies and the black markets of the prole neighbourhoods. She''s very good at staying alive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Julia becomes intrigued by a colleague from the Records Department - a mid-level worker of the Outer Party called Winston Smith - when she sees him locking eyes with a superior from the Inner Party at the Two Minutes Hate. And when one day, finding herself walking toward Winston, she impulsively hands him a note - a potentially suicidal gesture - she comes to realise that she''s losing her grip and can no longer safely navigate her world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventy-five years after Orwell finished writing 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 the millions of readers who have been brought up with Orwell''s \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four\u003c\/i\u003e, here, finally, is a provocative, vital and utterly satisfying companion novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820910518654,"sku":"NW9781783789184","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781783789184.jpg?v=1786179997","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/julia-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}