Homage to Catalonia
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"In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself embroiled as a participant - as a member of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unity. Fighting against the Fascists, he described in painfully vivid and occasionally comic detail life in the trenches - with a "democratic army" composed of men with no ranks, no titles, and often no weapons - and his near fatal wounding. As the politics became tangled, Orwell was pulled into a heartbreaking conflict between his own personal ideals and the complicated realities of political power struggles. Considered one of the finest works by a man V. S. Pritchett called "the wintry conscience of a generation, " Homage to Catalonia is both Orwell's memoir of his experiences at the front and his tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. This edition features a new foreword by Adam Hochschild placing the war in greater context and discussing the evolution of Orwell's views on the Spanish Civil War."--from Amazon.com.
Subjects
Subjects
Authors, English
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- 20th century
History
Military
Nonfiction
Orwell, George
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Travel -- Spain -- Catalonia
Soldiers
Soldiers -- Spain -- Biography
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Personal narratives, British
Travel
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Biography & Autobiography
Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- 20th century
History
Military
Nonfiction
Orwell, George
Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Travel -- Spain -- Catalonia
Soldiers
Soldiers -- Spain -- Biography
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Personal narratives, British
Travel
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9780544382046
9781481557221
9781481557221
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publishDate | 1992 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- 20th century Orwell, George, -- 1903-1950 -- Travel -- Spain -- Catalonia Soldiers -- Spain -- Biography Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Personal narratives, British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Homage to Catalonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia / George Orwell ; with a foreword by Adam Hochschild ; and an introduction by Lionel Trilling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Homage to Catalonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Authors, English Biography & Autobiography History Military Nonfiction Orwell, George Soldiers Travel |