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I sometimes fear we shall never wake till we are jerked out of it by the roar of bombs.
In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. In Homage to Catalonia, first published just before the outbreak of World War II, Orwell documents the chaos and bloodshed of that moment in history and the voices of those who fought against rising fascism.
His experience of the civil war would spark a significant change in his own political views, which readers today will recognise in much of his later literary work; a rage against the threat of totalitarianism and control.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Imprint: Harper Press UK
Publication date: 21/01/2021
Series: Collins Classics
Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell
Review by Claude
A very thorough guide from one of the literary world’s greatest titans of the 20th century. It narrates the human toll of this ‘forgotten war’ in a captivating, yet precise way that only Orwell could. This book provides the reader with a deeply personal account of the author’s time as a soldier, a period of his life which would radically influence his later works. Lovers of Orwell will rejoice at this historical account, charged with the hopes and dreams of a nation in crisis and a lost generation.
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