Description
| Product ID: | 9780141183053 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IT |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Title: | Homage to Catalonia |
| Authors: | Author: George Orwell |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, European history, History, European history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Spain |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author 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 more. ''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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-03-30 |
