& Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written directly or indirectly against totalitarianism & 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 & clarity describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes & cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona the courage of ordinary Spanish men & women he fought alongside the terror & confusion of the front his near-fatal bullet wound & 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