Hódolat Katalóniának [by] Orwell, George

Hódolat Katalóniának [Homage to Catalonia] [by] Orwell, George
Budapest, 1986. AB Független. 127 [3] p. First Hungarian edition.
Publishing paperback. In good condition.  Hungarian samizdat edition.

First edition 1938

Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell’s personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War. The first edition was published in the United Kingdom in 1938. The Hungarian translation is based on the 1966 edition of Penguin Books.

Samizdat editions, mostly political pamphlets, appeared in Hungary in the 1970s in the poor form of carbon copies of typescripts. Later in the 80s the so-called Democratic Opposition in Hungary established semi-underground publishings, like “AB Független” to publish not merely political literature but also literature that was banned by the Communist politics.