by George Orwell · Ariel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434412002
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«Homenatge a Catalunya» is George Orwell's personal account of the Spanish Civil War, published by Ariel in paperback (254 pages, in Catalan).
Orwell recounts his experience in the Spanish Civil War: he arrives in a revolutionary Barcelona in December 1936, enlists in the POUM militias and serves on the Aragon front, where he is wounded. He also covers the events of May 1937 and the persecution of the POUM by Stalinist forces from a critical perspective.
Original title: «Homage to Catalonia», first published in 1938. Subtitle: «Un testimoni sobre la revolució espanyola».
For readers of contemporary history and war memoirs, and for those seeking Orwell's view of the Spanish Civil War.
Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
