Looking Back on the Spanish War (Unabridged)

“The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.”

Looking Back on the Spanish War is a powerful, first-hand account of the horrors of war and the disillusionment Orwell felt with the intellectual class's handling of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Combining vivid recollections of trench life and political commentary, he exposes how propaganda reshapes memory and how truth itself becomes a casualty of conflict, combining many of the recurrent themes in Orwell's fiction and non-fiction.

Born Eric Arthur Blair, George Orwell (1903-1950) was a British novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his insightful social and political commentary. His personal engagement with real world issues imbues his work with a sense of social conscience that continues to resonate with listeners, and his two most famous novels, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, continue to captivate audiences worldwide.