Grasp the air. Orwell J.

England on the eve of World War II, the main character of the novel “Graving Air” George Bowling, nicknamed “Tolstun”, wins 17 pounds on jumps and decides to go to his native Binfield to escape from the everyday life of his life, engage in the only hobby - fishing, and fishing, and fishing, and fishing, and fishing, and fishing, and fishing To indulge in the memories of the past. But in the village, everything has changed not for the better, George’s idyllic dreams collapse, that England, from his memories, left forever. This novel was published in 1939, is considered the most perfect of Orwell's early works, it raises the topics of memory, nostalgia, disappointment and fear in the face of the troubles of our time - industrialization, capitalist exploitation and war.