Homage to Catalonia - Mille feuilles

Paperback, 272 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 1938 by Penguin.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-118305-3
OCLC Number:: 570959

(2 reviews)

'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.

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 …

'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.

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. All his novels and non-fiction, including Burmese Days (1934), Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) and Homage to Catalonia (1938) are published in Penguin Modern Classics.

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Cossiol reviewed Homenaje A Cataluña (Publicaciones de la Asociacion de Directores de Escena de Es) by George Orwell

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4 stars

Record que sa primera vegada que vaig llegir 1984 vaig pensar que n'Orwell exagerava. Molt, de fet. Pensava que havia exagerat tot un poc, que sonava un poc postís. Després d'haver llegir aquest llibre veig que va quedar curt.
Sa revolució proletària ha estat esclafada per es totalitarismes en cada ocasió en què s'ha presentat, gent va morir enmig de misèria a una guerra civil que era alhora un conjunt de guerres revolucionàries. S'objectiu espanyol de sa política de tenir raó ha anat sempre per damunt des principis, independentment des rumb que agafassen ses coses. Sa difamació, empresonament, afusellament i maltracte de sa població obrera revolucionària és una constant històrica, i sebre-ho, compartir-ho, ensenyar-ho i recordar-ho és un deure que hauríem de compartir i que ha estat suprimit per sa classe política institucional.

Gerard Mazza reviewed Homenaje a Cataluña by George Orwell

notes on 'Homage to Catalonia'

5 stars

stunning writing that gives a feeling for both trench warfare and street conflict

the book captures the joys of liberation - and how easily they can be lost

it's fascinating to see how some of Orwell's experiences and observations here come up again in 1984 - a fear of rats, poor-quality tobacco falling out of cigarettes, newspapers rewriting history, worries of being informed on, and the horrors of being confined as a political prisoner

Orwell's personal bravery and dedication to goodness are also evident from this book

Subjects

Spain
Orwell, George, 1903-1950
Politics and government
Spain -- Catalonia
Travel
Authors, English
Soldiers
Communism