Homage To Catalonia

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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. 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 & journalist Orwell was one of the most prominent & influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory " Animal Farm" was published in 1945 & it was this novel together with the dystopia of " Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949) which brought him world-wide fame. All his novels & non-fiction including " Burmese Days" (1934) " Down & Out in Paris & London" (1933) " The Road to Wigan Pier" (1937) & " Homage to Catalonia" (1938) are published in " Penguin Modern Classics". If you enjoyed " Homage to Catalonia" you might like Orwells " The Road to Wigan Pier" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " An unrivalled picture of the rumours suspicions & treachery of the civil war". (Anthony Beevor author of "D-Day"). "A war story that is both brutally honest & lyrically beautiful". (Michael Shelden " Daily Telegraph" Books of the Century)."