{"product_id":"9780141183053-homage-to-catalonia","title":"Homage to Catalonia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author 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 more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, \u003ci\u003eagainst\u003c\/i\u003e totalitarianism and \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA firsthand account of the brutal conditions of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell's \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introduction by Julian Symons in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449717436790,"sku":"9780141183053","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32417547.jpg?v=1760446559","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141183053-homage-to-catalonia","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}