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Title details for Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell - Available

Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell
Joseph Millton
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George Orwell's classic account of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, dramatised for radio by Mike Walker. Produced by Kate McAll.
In 1936 Eric and Eileen Blair were making ends meet by running a small village shop in Wallington and growing vegetables. Eric had recently sent 'The Road to Wigan Pier' to Victor Gollancz, hoping it would be published. But then news came from Spain that Franco's Nationalists had risen up against the elected Republican government. In this autobiographical account, Eric decides to go to Spain - not just to record the struggle but to fight the Fascists. He joined a badly organised and ill equipped militia, armed with dud bombs and rusty guns. It was a decision that would nearly cost him his life, and produce one of the most vivid accounts of the Spanish Civil War.

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  • Release date

    February 11, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781445898308
      • File size: 54285 KB
      • Duration: 01:53:05

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Homage to Catalonia is a triumph. The book lends itself to audio, not just because of Orwell's clear, reflective reporting on the Spanish Civil War, but also because of his superb descriptive powers. The observational passages leave the listener with lasting impressions of Spain and the Spanish character, and indeed the character of the war itself. Frederick Davidson makes a fine reader. He sounds convincingly as Orwell might have sounded, even to the occasional use of French-accented Spanish pronunciation. The audio presentation adds a new dimension to a text which is required reading for any student of the Spanish Civil War. A.D.H. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      In 1937, Orwell joined the anti-Fascist militia in Barcelona during Spain's civil war. A near fatal battlefield bullet, and then finding himself on the wrong side of the factional fighting, forced him back to England, where he expeditiously penned this memoir. Narrator Jeremy Northam delivers the natural pauses in the spare reporting as Orwell recounts the hardship on the front lines. Orwell also critiques the wartime machinations of Stalin and takes the British press to task for reporting from afar. Through Northam we can hear Orwell's frustration and incredulity with the press's inaccurate and unabashedly biased reporting. We also hear the voice, experiences, and seeds of inspiration that would later bring forth the classics ANIMAL FARM and 1984. F.T. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

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  • English

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