Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell, Eric Blair

Overview

In 1936 Eric Blair, a novelist, critic and political satirist known by the pseudonym George Orwell, went to Spain to write about the Spanish Civil War. This book is his eyewitness account of that conflict. Nothing written since is as moving and alive with the terrors and triumphs of that time past. Orwell battled totalitarianism through his novels ANIMAL FARM and 1984, but for immediacy and passion nothing surpasses this chronicle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781946963635
Publisher:	Albatross Publishers
Publication date:	02/07/2023
Pages:	220
Sales rank:	809,860
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

GEORGE ORWELL was born in 1903 in India. He served with the Imperial Police in Burma and worked various jobs before joining the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell is the author of six novels (including Animal Farm and 1984) as well as numerous essays and nonfiction works. He died in 1950.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
Chronology
Homage to Catalonia
Explanatory Notes

Editorial Reviews

"A crucially important book. Without [Homage to Catalonia] there would have been no Animal Farm and no Nineteen Eighty-Four - works of fiction that, like the reality that preceded them, focus on the terrifying consequences of authoritarianism for the individual mind." - The Guardian

"A wise book, one that once read will never be forgotten." - Chicago Sunday Tribune

"No one except George Orwell ... made the violence and self-dramatization of Spain so burning and terrible." - New York Times

"One of Orwell's very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War." - The New Yorker

From the Publisher

Homage to Catalonia is a triumph. The book lends itself to audio, not just because of Orwell's clear, reflective reporting on the Spanish Civil War, but also because of his superb descriptive powers. The observational passages leave the listener with lasting impressions of Spain and the Spanish character, and indeed the character of the war itself. Frederick Davidson makes a fine reader. He sounds convincingly as Orwell might have sounded, even to the occasional use of French-accented Spanish pronunciation. The audio presentation adds a new dimension to a text which is required reading for any student of the Spanish Civil War. A.D.H. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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