Homage To Catalonia Av George Orwell

<p>''Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, <i>against</i> totalitarianism and <i>for</i> democratic Socialism as I understand it''. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in <i>Homage to Catalonia</i>. 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.<br><br>A firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell''s <i>Homage to Catalonia</i> includes an introduction by Julian Symons in Penguin Modern Classics.</p>