Homage To Catalonia

Author: George Orwell

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  • : 19.99 AUD
  • : 9780141393025
  • : Penguin UK
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  • : January 2013
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  • : November 2012
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Description

'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.

Reviews

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


A war story that is both brutally honest and lyrically beautiful - Daily Telegraph