- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd; Auflage: New impression (Oktober 1969)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0140016996
- ISBN-13: 978-0140016994
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 18,2 x 10,6 x 2,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (21 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 26.320 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"I wonder what is the appropriate first action when you come from a country at war and set foot on peaceful soil. Mine was to rush to the tobacco-kiosk and buy as many cigars and cigarettes as I could stuff into my pockets." Most war correspondents observe wars and then tell stories about the battles, the soldiers and the civilians. George Orwell--novelist, journalist, sometime socialist--actually traded his press pass for a uniform and fought against Franco's Fascists in the Spanish Civil War during 1936 and 1937. He put his politics and his formidable conscience to the toughest tests during those days in the trenches in the Catalan section of Spain. Then, after nearly getting killed, he went back to England and wrote a gripping account of his experiences, as well as a complex analysis of the political machinations that led to the defeat of the socialist Republicans and the victory of the Fascists.
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At a minimum, it should be required background for any class in which Animal Farm or 1984 are taught. I'm quite serious.
Orwell's first-hand experiences in the Spanish Civil War, and the in-fighting on the Loyalist side, led him to form the views of the man who wrote the more famous works of fiction. However, those who read only Orwell's fiction tend to see only a condemnation of Communism (which is, at least in this country, too readily equated with socalism). They go away with a completely distorted view of the meaning of those stories, and of Orwell's perception on life.
Homage to Catalonia is the truth behind the fiction. Read it.
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I respect George Orwell as a man who wrote what he perceived to be the truth even when it hurt his cause to do so. This book is a prime example. In it Mr. Orwell lays clear the effort of the left in Spain to win its civil war with Franco and why it failed. Since Orwell served as a soldier on the side of the "Republic" he can explain the nature of the forces, battles and their morale. What he portrays is a situation where the COMINTERN, under Stalin's direction, seized control of the political leadership of the Republic and destroyed the movement from within by its purges and demand of ideological purity (hard to comply with when the ideology changes monthly). Stalin fought it as an internal political struggle against "Trotskyites" rather than a democratic-socialist revolution. Orwell was a democratic-socialist and placed his emphasis on the democratic side of the equation. As a result, he loathed Stalin and his actions as nothing more than fascism dressed in the robes of socialism - hence, Animal Farm. Orwell is an easy man to like as Florence King pointed out, "he is every liberal's favorite conservative and every conservative's favorite liberal."
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I don't want to add a note of bathos after the stirring "this-book-not-only-changed-my-life-it-became-my-life"-type reviews below but I bought this book at the airport after flying back from a conference in Barcelona. I read it in one sitting and am full of renewed respect for Orwell both as a man and a writer. What a cynical and apathetic age we live in. As a Londoner I found the conclusion when Orwell returns and describes his homeland as sleeping the "deep, deep sleep of England from which nothing will wake us but the roar of bombs" incredibly moving. A text that lives.
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Testament of decency
Every time that I read something by Orwell I am struck by what a magnificent writer he is, and by what an honest and generous man he must have been. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. April 2000 veröffentlicht
Viva Orwell!
I have read quite a few of Orwell's books, but this one has to be my favourite. The reason being that it is one of the easiest ways to understand war. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. März 2000 von Louise
Marvelous writing, important topics
In this gripping book, you find some of the best reportage about the Spanish Civil War and you get some of the most engaging descriptions of anarchist and communal living. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Februar 2000 von Quickhappy
A great introduction
For someone interested in reading a short, concise eyewitness account of the Spanish Civil War, Orwell's book is a good place to start. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Januar 2000 von J. F Malysiak
The book that's influenced me the most
The other week, a Seattle bookstore celebrating its 100th anniversary asked me to pick a favorite book to read at their celebration. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Januar 2000 von Paul Loeb
Seminal Orwell
Homage to Catalonia may be the most important book I ever read. Important because it is the book that inspired me to become a journalist, a writer and a teacher. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Dezember 1999 von M. Friedman
Entertaining, if partisan, view of Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) was a complicated and brutal affair which history sometimes reduces to a simple conflict between Right and Left. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. September 1999 von rampageous_cuss
one of the best descriptive accounts of politics & war
this book had an profound impact on my political views. already being tilted towards anarchism and anarchosyndicalism after having read ursula k leguin's "the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. September 1999 veröffentlicht
An interesting first-hand adventure
Orwell's very satisfying account of his days as a Trotskyist dogface offers much insight into the Spanish Civil War. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
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