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      • As a retelling it is highly readable, innovative and entertaining. But as a political or feminist project, it only adds to the obfuscation of Orwell’s critique. Ultimately, it risks resemblance to the formulaic “Fiction products” of the Ministry of Truth: easily digestible, to be “devoured” in one sitting.
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      Book Review: ‘Julia,’ by Sandra Newman - The New York Times

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    Oct 19, 2023 · She's very good at staying alive. But 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.

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    Oct 24, 2023 · JULIA, by Sandra Newman. At the outset of “Julia” — Sandra Newman’s retelling of George Orwell’s classic “1984,” this time as seen by Winston Smith’s love interest, Julia — we learn that our...

  5. www.newscientist.com › article › mg26034600-500Julia review: A brilliant, devastating sequel to Nineteen ...

    Oct 11, 2023 · Julia is a devastating read – it is no spoiler to say Nineteen Eighty-Four didn’t end well, and Julia’s experience is even worse for her cynicism: even the canniest player can only lose this...

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  6. www.thehindu.com › books › book-review-julia-sandraReview | ‘Julia’ by Sandra Newman is a sparkling take on ...

    Jan 12, 2024 · Sandra Newman's "Julia" is an imaginative and empathetic retelling of George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" from the perspective of the lover of Winston Smith, the protagonist from Orwell’s...

  7. inews.co.uk › culture › booksJulia by Sandra Newman, review: This formidable feminist ...

    Oct 5, 2023 · Julia is a vibrant, full-blooded book that adheres to the spirit of the original while tearing elements of it – namely the character of Winston Smith – to pieces. It is, chiefly, very funny. CS...

  8. www.washingtonpost.com › books › 2023/10/24Julia by Sandra Newman book review - The Washington Post

    Oct 24, 2023 · books Book Reviews Fiction Nonfiction Summer reading. ‘1984’ gets a new life, and a fresh perspective, in ‘Julia’. Sandra Newman’s novel reimagines George Orwell’s classic from the point of...

  9. www.bookbrowse.com › reviews › indexSummary and Reviews of Julia by Sandra Newman - BookBrowse

    Oct 24, 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 ...