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Homage to Catalonia

By: George Orwell
Narrated by: Jeremy Northam
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Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell’s account of his experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil War, and a portrait of disillusionment with his early politics. Orwell’s experiences include being shot in the neck by a sniper, and being forced into hiding as factions of the Left battled on the streets of Barcelona. Orwell entered Spain intending to gather an experience worth writing about, as well as to fight Fascism, and wrote Homage to Catalonia within months of his return. His honesty and bitterness make for an unparalleled account of his journey from belief and enthusiasm to a reluctant loss of ideals.

This audio edition includes two appendices, essays Orwell added to the book giving some background to the Spanish Civil War, and his biting analysis of the press response.

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Orwell jokes at one point that Spain seems to have been suffering from an excess of political acronyms. And it is a bit confusing sometimes. But mainly, this is a fascinating personal account of his experience of the Spanish civil war in 1936/37. Orwell always finds humour somewhere to leaven what otherwise might be a miserable ordeal. And his observations on the Spanish and his admiration for them are indeed entertaining as well as heartening. There's a good deal of analysis and truth seeking in his consideration of the blighted relations between the independent anarchist organisations and the soviet influenced communist ones. Most of this is in the two appendix chapters at the end, so you can skip that if you prefer. Very well read with a voice that you can imagine might have been Orwell's own.

POUM, PSUC, UGT, FAI, CNT !!

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A good viewpoint from a George who fought for the p.o.u.m in the Spanish war.

Honesty’s

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An always timely account of the dangers of sectarianism and of a revolution betrayed…
Orwell’s journalistic fact reportage along with personal polemic make this an essential read for anyone interested in the tragedy of the Spanish revolution.

Excellent

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Time changes but fascism does not. Incredibly we find ourselves having the same fight today

Essential reading and more relevant than ever

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Narrator perfectly captures Orwell's character, tone and intended meanings. Wide range and dramatic, focused reading.

Perfect narration.

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As with all Orwell this is a brilliantly written book and offers a truly fascinating insight into the Spanish War. Very well read too

Fascinating and well written

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What can you say...its George Orwell...a classic book..his political comments are still relevant today. a good history lesson as well

Just a classic

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I have now read six books from George Orwell this one is there amongst the best. How could a man foresee what certain sections are trying force upon us, all those years ago. If you haven’t read 1984 then give it a try…

George Orwell was a genius

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Very finely narrated classic account of the civil war in Spain in the 1930s. Unsentimental and surprising in some respects. Orwell like many others went from a somewhat privileged background in England to fight for the forces of the left arrayed against the fascist forces of Franco. He went somewhat naive but one gets the impression his outlook soon matured and he became increasingly sceptical about the nature of the conflict in which he had become embroiled. It would seem that it was this experience in Spain which first gave him insight into the "imperfections" of far left wing politics and ideology and its totalitarian tendencies, and it must have been at this time that the seeds of Animal Farm and 1984 were sown. The book deserves its status as a classic and the narration is one of the finest I have encountered. Recommended.

An important book beautifully read

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As a spaniard myself I've always struggled to find a Spanish Civil War book that doesn't take a side or skips the complexities of the politics that was surrounded by. Orwell was IN the war and afterwards he was humble enough to question himself and analize the many important details.

Fantastic Insight of the Spanish Civil War

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