La gran guerra

«Cuando Leopoldo, Juan Miguel y Pedro me hicieron el honor de invitarme a redactar el presente prólogo, acepté entusiasmado porque en México requerimos de cientos de Leopoldos, Juan Migueles y Pedros que lleven a cabo trabajos monumentales de divulgación como el que actualmente tienen en sus manos. Estoy convencido de que para redactar la inmensa obra escrita por ellos son indispensables los siguientes ingredientes para alcanzar el éxito que han conquistado: uno, contar con un sólido amor por México; dos, tener algo que decir, material con el que ellos cuentan en abundancia; tres,...

Sin duda uno de los libros más importantes del siglo XX. Una obra clave sobre la guerra civil española por uno de los principales escritores de la época y testigo del episodio. Admirado por autores de toda época y condición, desde Connolly o Trilling hasta Javier Cercas, Antony Beevor o Mario Vargas Llosa, Homenaje a Cataluña es un poderoso manifiesto del hombre contra las abstracciones que acaban conduciendo inevitablemente al terror. Es también un texto clave sobre la guerra de España, un testimonio sin par que recoge la experiencia personal de George Orwell. El autor británico...

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