Homage to Barcelona
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- Type Paperback
- Publisher PAN BOOKS
- Author/s Tóibín, Colm
- ISBN13 9780330373562
- ISBN10 0330373560
- Pages 240
- Published 2010
- Language English
Sections
Literatura InglesaHomage to Barcelona
This book celebrates one of Europe's greatest cities a cosmopolitan hub of vibrant architecture, art, culture and nightlife. It moves from the story of the city's founding and its huge expansion in the nineteenth century to the lives of Gaudi, Miro, Picasso, Casals and Dali. It also explores the history of Catalan nationalism, the tragedy of the Civil War, the Franco years and the transition from dictatorship to democracy which Colm Toibin witnessed in the 1970s. Written with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and beguiling portrait of a unique Mediterranean port and an adopted home. 'Toibin has the narrative poise of Brian Moore and the patient eye for domestic detail of John McGahern, but he is very much his own man' Observer 'Having lived in Barcelona off and on since the 70s, Toibin knows all the fascinations of its sensuous Mediterranean history and lifestyle and "the most precious jewels in the city's treasury of bars" ...Toibin is the perfect guide' Chicago Tribune
- Type Paperback
- Publisher PAN BOOKS
- Author/s Tóibín, Colm
- ISBN13 9780330373562
- ISBN10 0330373560
- Pages 240
- Published 2010
- Language English
Sections
Literatura InglesaMore books by Colm Tóibín
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