# Homage to Catalonia

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- Book: [Homage to Catalonia](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-orwell/homage-to-catalonia) ([Homage to Catalonia.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-orwell/homage-to-catalonia.md))
- Authors: [George Orwell](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-orwell)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4139-302-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2013-01-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war' Antony Beevor 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. A firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia includes an introduction by Julian Symons.