Homage to Catalonia: A Memoir

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gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:documentary
gptkbp:author gptkb:George_Orwell
gptkbp:contains gptkb:historical_context
political analysis
personal anecdotes
philosophical reflections
war experiences
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed
gptkbp:dedicated_to the Spanish people
gptkbp:genre gptkb:memoir
gptkbp:impact gptkb:political_leaders
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:historical_analysis
gptkb:literary_criticism
leftist movements
anti-fascist literature
socialist thought
Orwellian literature
later anti-fascist movements
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Marxism
Trotskyism
gptkbp:isbn 978-0141183050
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:narrative_style first-person
gptkbp:notable_quote “ It is a matter of life and death.”
“ The war was a great adventure.”
“ The truth is that the Spanish Civil War was a war of the people.”
“ I had not been in Spain long before I found that the whole of the left was divided.”
“ The Spanish Civil War was a great tragedy.”
gptkbp:notable_themes gptkb:socialism
gptkb:anarchism
gptkb:totalitarianism
gptkbp:page_count 240
gptkbp:published_year 1938
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Secker_&_Warburg
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Catalonia
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Spanish_Civil_War
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:Dutch
gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:German
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Book_of_Homage_to_Catalonia
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