Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spanish defend their Republic from General Franco's Fascist forces. Orwell joined the POUM Militia in the Catalan region of Spain, was …
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Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spanish defend their Republic from General Franco's Fascist forces. Orwell joined the POUM Militia in the Catalan region of Spain, was injured in the fighting and invalided back to England. After leaving the front line preparatory to leaving Spain, Orwell saw for himself the machinations of the Communist Party leading to the POUM being declared 'Enemies of the People' along with its destruction. Which he expresses in his companion piece the Essay Looking back on the Spanish War. These are fuller descriptions of events culled from direct experience, than many especially current misrepresentations of the Spanish Conflict. English film director Ken Loach made a landmark film Land and Freedom of the Spanish anti fascist struggle with many similarities to George Orwell's story including that of perspective. The book and film can be appreciated in their own right or as companion pieces.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 11826
- BNF ID:
- 16639841m
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Homage to Catalonia
Audio Cassette
English language
Published Aug. 8, 1997 by Blackstone Audiobooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7861-0298-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 27366416
Mi Guerra Civil Española/Homage to Catalonia
Hardcover
Spanish language
Published June 14, 1982 by Destino Ediciones.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-233-0715-9Copied ISBN!
Homage to Catalonia
272 pages
English language
Published Jan. 14, 2018 by Penguin Random House.
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- 978-1-78730-105-4Copied ISBN!
Homage to Catalonia (Penguin Modern Classics)
272 pages
Published March 30, 2000 by Penguin Classics.
Homage to Catalonia.
272 pages
English language
Published Jan. 14, 1986 by Secker & Warburg.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-436-35028-3Copied ISBN!
Homage to Catalonia
Audio Cassette
English language
Published Jan. 14, 1938 by Books on Tape.
- ISBN:
- 978-5-557-02527-0Copied ISBN!
Homage to Catalonia
English language
Published Jan. 14, 1951 by Secker and Warburg.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-436-35005-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 466320424
Homage to Catalonia
264 pages
English language
Published Jan. 14, 1969 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-547-41617-5Copied ISBN!
Homenaje a Cataluña
263 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 14, 1983 by Editorial Ariel.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-344-0817-3Copied ISBN!
Homage to Catalonia
Unknown Binding, 214 pages
Published Jan. 14, 1970 by The Folio Society.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-85067-032-5Copied ISBN!
Homage to Catalonia
English language
Published March 19, 2022 by Alma Classics.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84749-886-1Copied ISBN!
Homage to Catalonia
214 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1970 by The Folio Society.
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