{"product_id":"homage-to-catalonia-0544382048","title":"Homage to Catalonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0544382048\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orwell, George\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the CenturyOne of Orwells very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War.-The New YorkerIn 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 became tangled, Orwell was pulled into a heartbreaking conflict between his own personal ideals and the complicated realities of political power struggles.Considered one of the finest works by a man V. S. Pritchett called the wintry conscience of a generation, Homage to Catalonia is both Orwells memoir 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 Orwells views on the Spanish Civil War.No one except George Orwell . . . made the violence and self-dramatization of Spain so burning and terrible.- Alfred Kazin, New York TimesA wise book, one that once read will never be forgotten.-Chicago Sunday Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51894833742112,"sku":"NEW0544382048","price":15.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61bL5fOu-LL.jpg?v=1782026360","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/homage-to-catalonia-0544382048","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}