Description: Anarchy's Brief Summer : The Life and Death of Buenaventura Durruti, Hardcover by Enzensberger, Hans Magnus; Mitchell, Mike (TRN), ISBN 0857426001, ISBN-13 9780857426000, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Northern Spain is the only part of Western Europe where anarchism played a significant role in political life of the twentieth century. Enjoying wide-ranging support among both the urban and rural working class, its importance peaked during its &;brief summer&;&;the civil war between the Republic and General Franco&;s Falangists, during which anarchists even participated in the government of Catalonia. Anarchy&;s Brief Summer brings anarchism to life by focusing on the charismatic leader Buenaventura Durruti (1896&;1936), who became a key figure in the Spanish Civil War after a militant and adventurous youth. The basis of th is a compilation of texts: personal testimony, interviews with survivors, contemporary documents, memoirs, and academic assessments. They are all linked by Enzenberger&;s own assessment in a series of glosses&;a literary form that is somewhere between retelling and reconstruction&;with the contradiction between fiction and fact reflecting the political contradictions of the Spanish Revolution. On the trail of forgotten, half-suppressed struggles, Anarchy&;s Brief Summer offers a unique portrait of a revolutionary movement that is largely unknown outside Spain.
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Book Title: Anarchy's Brief Summer : the Life and Death of Buenaventura Durruti
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Seagull Books
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.1 in
Topic: Europe / Spain & Portugal, General
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 21.4 Oz
Author: Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Item Length: 0.9 in
Book Series: The German List Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover