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Homage to Catalonia

By (author): George Orwell
Introduction by: Julian Symons
Volume editor: Peter Davison
Published by: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date: 30/Mar/2000
Format: Paperback - 272 pages
Product dimensions (mm): 198 x 128 x 16
ISBN-10: 0141183055
ISBN-13: 9780141183053
Categories:
    > Biography: Historical, Political & Military
    > Spanish History
    > Authors A To Z
    > Orwell, George

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'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.

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