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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
He’s a great writer but the first six or so chapters are a SLOG
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Großartige Reportage. Überschattet 1984 und Farm der Tiere. Bietet wesentlichen Kontext für das Weltbild und politische Selbstverständnis Orwells
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Aside from a pompous and unnecessary introduction by Christopher Hitchens, this edition, expertly compiled by Peter Davison, brings together all of Orwell’s writings on his time fighting in Spain, centred on Homage to Catalonia where he recounts, with typical honesty and clarity, his months at the front and in Barcelona with his wife, the remarkable Eileen O'Shaughnessy.
While Orwell admits that he was not in a position to take the broader strategic view, he makes up for it with vivid detail—his comrades, the grim conditions, and the hopeless weapons of a ragtag but sincere revolutionary force. Later, in Barcelona, he captures the bitter infighting as official Communists turned on the Anarchists, ending a brief moment of real equality.
His scathing account of how the British press distorted events shows that media manipulation by capitalist interests is nothing new. The main text of Homage to Catalonia is followed by a series of these distorted reports, Orwell’s responses to them, and the related correspondence.
It’s a sobering thought that the Fascist bullet through his throat didn’t kill him. Without that stroke of luck, we’d have no Animal Farm, 1984, or the rest of his legacy.
Interestingly, some Spanish reviewers note that the book was banned or censored throughout Franco’s dictatorship.
While Orwell admits that he was not in a position to take the broader strategic view, he makes up for it with vivid detail—his comrades, the grim conditions, and the hopeless weapons of a ragtag but sincere revolutionary force. Later, in Barcelona, he captures the bitter infighting as official Communists turned on the Anarchists, ending a brief moment of real equality.
His scathing account of how the British press distorted events shows that media manipulation by capitalist interests is nothing new. The main text of Homage to Catalonia is followed by a series of these distorted reports, Orwell’s responses to them, and the related correspondence.
It’s a sobering thought that the Fascist bullet through his throat didn’t kill him. Without that stroke of luck, we’d have no Animal Farm, 1984, or the rest of his legacy.
Interestingly, some Spanish reviewers note that the book was banned or censored throughout Franco’s dictatorship.