num_pages: 264
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.
language: English
title: Homage to Catalonia
titlecomplete: Homage to Catalonia
characters: Patrick O'Hara, Douglas Thompson, Bob Smillie, Georges Kopp, Reg Hiddlestone, Paddy Donovan, Douglas Moyle, George Orwell
genres: Biography, War, Politics, Memoir, Nonfiction, Literature, Spanish Civil War, Classics, History, Spain
ratings_count: 58480
places: Catalonia (Cataluña; Catalunya), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
publisher: Penguin Classic