{"product_id":"9780547416175_homage-to-catalonia","title":"Homage To Catalonia","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Orwell’s very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself embroiled as a participant—as a member of the Workers’ Party of Marxist Unity. Fighting against the Fascists, he described in painfully vivid and occasionally comic detail life in the trenches—with a \"democratic army\" composed of men with no ranks, no titles, and often no weapons—and his near fatal wounding. As the politics of anti-fascism became tangled, Orwell was pulled into a heartbreaking conflict between his own personal ideals and the complicated realities of political power struggles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsidered one of the finest works by a man V. S. Pritchett called \"the wintry conscience of a generation,\" \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia\u003c\/i\u003e is both Orwell’s powerful eyewitness account of his experiences at the front and his tribute to those who died in what he called a fight for common decency. This edition features a new foreword by Adam Hochschild placing the war in greater context and discussing the evolution of Orwell’s views on the Spanish Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No one except George Orwell ... made the violence and self-dramatization of Spain so burning and terrible.\"— Alfred Kazin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wise book, one that once read will never be forgotten.\"—\u003ci\u003eChicago Sunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrwell’s account is a masterclass in political and military journalism—a firsthand report on the moments that defined a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Journalist at War:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Orwell from his initial role as a reporter to his enlistment in a \"democratic army\" with no ranks, no titles, and often no weapons.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePolitical Infighting:\u003c\/b\u003e Witness the heartbreaking conflict between revolutionary ideals and the brutal realities of power struggles that pitted anti-Fascist allies against one another.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Aragón Front:\u003c\/b\u003e Experience the mud, cold, and grim comedy of life in the trenches through the eyes of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Fight for Common Decency:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover why Orwell saw the war not just as a clash of ideologies, but as a tribute to the ordinary soldiers fighting for a principle he refused to abandon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"George Orwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132738355349,"sku":"9780547416175","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/x750_5396b2bc-e38f-4677-aa58-785647dc7cb6.jpg?v=1776889804","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780547416175_homage-to-catalonia","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}