Homage to Catalonia

Informationen zum Autor Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell , was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia . Klappentext 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: 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. Zusammenfassung Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author 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 more.

Product details

• Authors: George Orwell, Julian Symon
• Assisted by: Julian Symon (Introduction), Symon Julian (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.03.2000
• EAN: 9780141183053
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118305-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics Paperbacks; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Spain, Modern warfare, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Specific wars and campaigns, Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 (Spanish Civil War period), Civil wars