What is Homage to Catalonia?
{{italic title}} '''''Homage to Catalonia''''' is a book by [[George Orwell]]. It was published in 1938. In the book, the author talks about his time fighting in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. He explains what he saw and what happened to him. ==Background== George Orwell went to Spain in 1936, just after he had finished writing [[The Road to Wigan Pier]]. He wanted to fight against [[fascism]]. As well as fighting in the war, he wanted to write about what happened so people in [[Britain]] would know what was happening.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/06/george-orwell-homage-to-catalonia-account-spanish-civil-war-wrong|title=George Orwell’s Spanish civil war memoir is a classic, but is it bad history?|first=Paul|last=Preston|date=6 May 2017|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> ==Content== Orwell tells the story of what happened to him in the war. He talks about what [[Barcelona]] was like when it was run by [[anarchism|anarchists]] and how the soldiers got ready to fight in the war. Next, Orwell talks about fighting in [[trench warfare|trenches]]. The second part of the book talks about how some of the groups fighting against the fascists started to argue amongst themselves and how Orwell had to leave the country to escape some of the groups who had turned against him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/homage-to-catalonia|title=Homage to Catalonia|website=The British Library|access-date=2018-08-04|archive-date=2017-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503215346/http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/homage-to-catalonia|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist|dfjvidvnegiuvnregv=}} [[Category:1938 books]] [[Category:Books by George Orwell]]