Homage to Catalonia - Softcover

Orwell, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604443499 ISBN 13: 9781604443493

Publisher: IndoEuropeanPublishing.com, 2011

Synopsis

'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in Homage to Catalonia. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of ordinary Spanish men and women he fought alongside, the terror and confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet wound and the vicious treachery of his supposed allies.

A firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia includes an introduction by Julian Symons in Penguin Modern Classics.

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Review:

'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war' Anthony Beevor

Book Description:

Volume 6 from The Complete Works of George Orwell, available separately for the first time.

About this edition

• Publisher: IndoEuropeanPublishing.com
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1604443499
• ISBN 13: 9781604443493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176