GEORGE ORWELL
u003cbu003e'An unrivalled picture of the rumours, suspicions and treachery of civil war' Antony Beevoru003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eEvery line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, u003ciu003eagainstu003c/iu003e totalitarianism and u003ciu003eforu003c/iu003e democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in u003ciu003eHomage to Cataloniau003c/iu003e. Here he brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of ordinary Spanish men and women he fought alongside, the terror and confusion of the front, his near-fatal bullet wound and the vicious treachery of his supposed allies. u003cpu003eA firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell's u003ciu003eHomage to Cataloniau003c/iu003e includes an introduction by Julian Symons.
