It occurred to me this morning, in the middle of all the Ramón Calderón hubbub, that if I were to make a list of the best literary accounts of English-speaking people trying to come to terms with the meaning and legacy of the Spanish Civil War, it would probably look something like this:
(1) “Spanish Bombs,” by The Clash
(2) Orwell
(3) Hemingway
(4) The collected writings of English and American soccer journalists on the rivalry between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Does that seem about right?
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by Brian Phillips · January 16, 2009
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So you’re ignoring Auden? Orwell would approve, I guess….
Not “ignoring” so much as “completely forgetting about.” Anyway, I’d still put him below The Clash.
Of course. I have absolutely no quarrels with your #1.
I’ve had ‘Lost In The Supermarket’ stuck in my head for the last two days thanks to this post. Which is a good thing, of course.
If you tolerate this, your children will be shopping at Next..