• ISBN13: 9780857426000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: General Books
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publisher Imprint: Seagull
• Publication Date: April 16, 2019
• Pages: 264
• Original Price: 899.0 INR
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 590 grams

About the Book A unique portrait of a revolutionary movement that is largely unknown outside Spain.</b> <p/> Northern Spain is the only part of Western Europe where anarchism played a significant role in the 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. <p/> 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 the book 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.