- Nineteen eighty-four (Orwell, George), feminist retelling, Newspeak, Ingsoc
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Grave, bleak, prestige and nostalgic.
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- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Sandra Newman
- First published
- 2023
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Granta Books, HarperCollins Publishers, Robert Laffont
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9781783789160
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First sentence
“It was the man from records who began it, him all unknowing in his prim, grim way, his above-it-all, oldthink way.”
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