Ana’s Reviews > The Spanish Civil War > Status Update

'But to another journalist [Azaña] admitted more accurately, "Sol y sombra! Light and shade! That is Spain."'

'Companys and his counsellors left prison to be hailed once again as leaders of their beloved city amid scenes of enthusiasm such as even Barcelona's leafy and flower-laden avenues had never seen.' What does this even mean? What does urban greenery have to do with celebration? Utterly bizarre stylistic choices in this book

'All nations...are forever scarred by the epoch when they have been great.'

'The first [development to stimulate membership in the UGT] was the establishment throughout Spain of the casas del pueblo, Socialist club houses comprising the committee rooms of the local trade union branch, a free lending library and a café.'