A unique portrait of a revolutionary movement that is largely
unknown outside Spain. 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. 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.
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