num_pages: 248
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 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. A firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia includes an introduction by Julian Symons in Penguin Modern Classics.
language: English
title: Homage to Catalonia
titlecomplete: Homage to Catalonia
characters: Reg Hiddlestone, Patrick O'Hara, Douglas Moyle, Paddy Donovan, Georges Kopp, Douglas Thompson, George Orwell, Bob Smillie
genres: Spain, Politics, Biography, Spanish Civil War, Literature, Classics, War, Nonfiction, History, Memoir
ratings_count: 58459
places: Spain, Catalonia (Cataluña; Catalunya), Barcelona, Catalonia
publisher: Penguin