Homage to Catalonia 1943. The closing phrase of the poem, "No bomb that ever burst shatters the crystal spirit", was later taken by George Woodcock for the title of his Governor General's Award-winning critical study of Orwell and his work, "The Crystal Spirit" (1966). Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the shaping events on his political outlook and a significant part of what led him to write, in 1946, "Every line of serious work that I have written
Spanish Testament be the testament of the three men and his other fellow prisoners who did not survive. Koestler's prison experience contributed to his acute psychological insight in his portrayal of events in "Darkness at Noon" (1941), an anti-Communist novel which became a best-seller and gained him international attention. Spanish Testament Spanish Testament is a 1937 book by Arthur Koestler, describing his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. Part II of the book was subsequently published on its own, with minor modifications, under the title "Dialogue with Death" (see below). Koestler made three trips to Spain during the civil war; the third