No Pasaran!: Writings from the Spanish Civil War by Pete Ayrton (English) Paperb

Description: No Pasaran! by Pete Ayrton International writing from the Spanish Civil War, from both behind and at the front line. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Hope, resignation, despair, sadness, humour, confusion, ruthlessness, compassion, kindness, generosity and love inhabit Pete Ayrtons anthology of writings from the Spanish Civil War: there is little sense of certainty and still less of triumphalism among the bewilderingly diverse Republican and Nationalist coalitions, all shades of which are represented here. Previous collections privileged the writings of the International Brigades over those of the Spanish, sometimes excluding them altogether. No Pasarn! corrects the balance: by far the largest contingent of its thirty-five writers are Spanish, including Luis Buuel, Manuel Rivas, Javier Cercas, Arturo Barea, Joan Sales and Chaves Nogales. The remainder offer contrasting perspectives of participants in the conflict from America (among them John Dos Passos, Muriel Rukeyser and Langston Hughes); Italy (Curzio Malaparte and Leonardo Sciascia); France (Jean-Paul Sartre, Andr Malraux and others); Germany (Gustav Regler); Russia (Victor Serge); Great Britain (including Arthur Koestler, George Orwell and Laurie Lee); Cuba, Argentina and Mexico.Pete Ayrton brings together hauntingly vivid stories from a bitterly fought war. This is powerful writing that allows the reader to witness life behind and at the front lines of both sides. Author Biography Pete Ayrton was born in London in 1943. After studying and briefly teaching philosophy, a period of left-wing tourism in France and Italy led to his learning to read and converse in these languages, and to take part in the intense, opaque discourses of Marxism. A period of work as translator led to a job as editor with Pluto Press and to his founding in 1986 of Serpents Tail with the specific remit of publishing fiction in translation; this includes two First World War classics Frederic Mannings Her Privates We and Gabriel Chevalliers Fear, both represented in No Mans Land. Review In this superb, shattering book of testimonies, Pete Ayrton has organised the best of all introductions to the Spanish Civil War -- Neal AschersonThese pieces bring home the visceral nature of the Spanish conflict, a clash of ideologies that defined a generation and continues to reverberate today * New Internationalist *With every page the reader learns and appreciates more, with deeper insight than previously, about the true nature of the war * Morning Star *¡No Pasarán! evokes to perfection this most impossible of wars - only through such outstanding writing can we understand what these wars really meant, and cost -- Helen Graham, author of The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short IntroductionWith a judicious mixture of famous and recondite pieces, admirably translated by a well selected team, the editor offers a touching blend of humour and pathos, reality and artifice * Times Literary Supplement * Promotional International writing from the Spanish Civil War, from both behind and at the front line Long Description International writing from the Spanish Civil War, from both behind and at the front line. Hope, resignation, despair, sadness, humour, confusion, ruthlessness, compassion, kindness, generosity and love inhabit Pete Ayrtons anthology of writings from the Spanish Civil War: there is little sense of certainty and still less of triumphalism among the bewilderingly diverse Republican and Nationalist coalitions, all shades of which are represented here. Previous collections privileged the writings of the International Brigades over those of the Spanish, sometimes excluding them altogether. Review Text In this superb, shattering book of testimonies, Pete Ayrton has organised the best of all introductions to the Spanish Civil War Promotional "Headline" International writing from the Spanish Civil War, from both behind and at the front line Details ISBN1846689988 Publisher Profile Books Ltd Year 2017 ISBN-10 1846689988 ISBN-13 9781846689987 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-10-05 Author Pete Ayrton Media Book Language English Imprint Serpents Tail Subtitle Writings from the Spanish Civil War Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from English Edited by Pete Ayrton Pages 416 DEWEY 808.83935846081 UK Release Date 2017-10-05 AU Release Date 2017-10-05 Edition Description Main Alternative 9781846689970 Audience General NZ Release Date 2017-10-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:116953836;

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