George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

illya

Over all it was very educative and interesting to me. Again, I felt this very close to me and my history so, I'd understand some of you don't agree with me and argue that it's plain, boring and lacking of any action whatsoever. I'd understand that, but we are talking about George Orwell here and in his behalf I'll say he is an author that picks make you think rather than writing a fast and action fill read. This is a small review/update, you are all warned now. 
I really liked the fact that he, himself, was the voice that led the plot, and how I got, unknowingly, attached to all the friends and mates he made out there. As well as it helped me remember how cruel and terrifically slow that war was, and how devastating it resulted in the end.
However, I do realise this touches home for various reasons it might not for many of you, that's why I recommend you read the vast amount of books set in post-war Spain if you are interested in that period of the country.

Jessica Smith

I'm definitely more liberal with the five-star ratings with nonfiction books than fictional ones… regardless though, this was a great book. It should be compulsory reading for any right-wing idiot who wants to claim Orwell was against revolutions; the entire point of this book was that he was fighting to defend it, and his criticism of the Communist Party is scathing not because they wanted revolution, but because (under orders from Moscow) they were determined to wreck it. His political analysis is brilliant – he uses the phrase "state-capitalist" before Cliff had ever theorised state capitalism - and above all, is passionate in his support of working-class revolution, with no pretense of being "impartial". The truth is not impartial, basically. 

Overall I loved this book. I'm definitely going to have to read more of his work; of course I've read his novels, but this has given me a taste for his nonfiction, too :)

Homage to Catalonia

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