Homage to Catalonia
by George Orwell
"Every serious line of work I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and, as I understand it, for democratic socialism." So Orwell, after his experience as a militia in the Spanish Civil War, was recorded in Homage to Catalonia. Here he carries all the strength of his humanity, passion and clarity and tells with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of this chaotic episode.
