Spain:A Literary Companion - Softcover
This writer's companion to Spain shows the country as a mysterious and dramatic one of immense contrasts. Spain has always inspired writers and travellers, and here, observers as varied as Richard Ford, St Teresa of Avila and Virginia Woolf combine to create a portrait both shrewd and profound.
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Jimmy Burns, a veteran journalist and author, takes advantage of his Anglo-Spanish background in this compelling narrative.
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0719552168
- ISBN 13 9780719552168
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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SPAIN : A Literary Companion
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John Murray Pubs Ltd, London, UK
(1995)
ISBN 10: 0719552168
ISBN 13: 9780719552168
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW Copy. A literary, historical guide to Spain with award wining journalist Jimmy Burns, of Anglo-Spanish heritag as our guide. Burns asks us to cosider this book as Cervantes did in his narrative of Don Quitote & Sancho Panza: ", . no mas que una" meeting of the grave & humorous, illusion & reality". Part personal travelogue &, part anthology. Rich in history, culture, politics, and people, drawing from observations of travellers, writers, soldiers, adventurers, saints & sinners from early times to the present. Covers battles from Wellington to the Spanish Civil War, religious persuasions (Christian, Jewish & Muslim), relevance flamenco & bullfighting, joys & pitfalls of indigenous foods and wines, and, effects of contemporary tourism on the Spanish World. Seller Inventory # 019360
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