What is Coming Up for Air?
{{Infobox book | | name = Coming Up for Air | title_orig = | translator = | image = | caption = | author = [[George Orwell]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = Satire | publisher = [[Victor Gollancz]] | release_date = [[1939 in literature|12 June 1939]] | media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) | pages = 237 (UK hardcover edition)<!-- First edition page count preferred --> | preceded_by = [[Homage to Catalonia]] | followed_by = [[Inside the Whale]] }} '''''Coming Up for Air''''' is a novel by [[George Orwell]]. It was published in 1939, just before the beginning of [[World War II]]. It tells the story of a man called George Bowling who sees the world changing around him. ==Background== Orwell wrote the book in [[Morocco]]. He was there to get better after being shot in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. ==Plot== George Bowling is a 45 year old man who lives with his wife and children. He thinks about when he was a child and he used to enjoy spending time outdoors and going fishing. He wins some money on a [[horse racing|horse race]] and decides to spend it on visiting the town where he grew up. When he returns to the town, he sees that everything has changed and that all the good things from his memories are now gone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/books-by-orwell/coming-up-for-air/|title=Coming Up for Air|website=The Orwell Prize}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:English novels]] [[Category:1939 books]]