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George Orwell se paso por españa para hacer un reportaje y acabo varios meses pegando tiros en el frente de la guerra civil.

Hay un momento que están en un edificio, hay un gran ruido abajo, van a mirar y dice alguien, nah, no es nada, unos tirando unas granadas de mano.

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In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain as a journalist but instead joined the fight against Fascism and Fransisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War.

Orwell's clear and insightful writing about war makes this an excellent read. He describes the trenches, the fights when they had them and the long stretches of boredom in between with such aplomb that it carried me through even when I didn't quite follow all the acronyms. The experience of war versus the stories that get told by journalists is at the crux of the story, too, and Orwell even tells his readers not to solely trust his point of view. I read a later edition that had made some changes apparently at Orwell's request, but I actually would have preferred if "Appendix 1" and "Appendix 2" were back where they were in the original narrative, as Appendix 1 (the original chapter 5) had a lot of information about the various factions (and what all the acronyms meant) that really would have helped me understand what happened in later stories. That quibble aside, it was a compelling read and convinced me to try more of Orwell's nonfiction. ( )

Reason read: Homage to Anita (LT) memorial.
I really enjoyed this memoir, review of an event in history in the life of George Orwell. Orwell was Democratic socialist and this is his view of the events of the Spanish Civil War but as far as journalism goes, I think he did a very good job of pointing that out. Unlike journalism today, he did not do any name calling and he never claimed to know what he did not know. It was a great introduction to political ideology and I appreciated this and it also gave clarity to the Spanish Civil War. Apparently there were two Spains, divided into progressive and conservative factions. This sounds so much like what is happening here in the US. The Spanish War broke out on July 18, 1936 when the Nationlist faction (supported by Italy and Germany) launched a coup against the elected government. At the time, general population got involved in social revolution and anarchist and socialist formed factions. France and England chose non-intervention.

I read [The Hive] which is about Madrid after the Civil War and Hemingway was involved and also wrote about this time period, [For Whom the Bell Tolls]. I think that this book is an excellent introduction to the Spanish Civil War and also to political ideol ( )

Memorable for Orwell's intellectual honesty, elegantly direct writing style, and first-hand historic details. ( )

A good first person account of what it was like to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell does excellent job of making us feel like we were there. ( )