Description: 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"
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Binding: Paperback / softback
Artist: Toibin, Colm
Date of Publication: 20100521
Book Title: Homage to Barcelona
Release Title: Homage to Barcelona
Ex Libris: No
Title: Homage to Barcelona
Narrative Type: Fiction
Colour: N/A
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EAN: 9780330373562
ISBN: 0330373560
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Homage to Barcelona
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: History
Item Height: 196 mm
Item Weight: 166 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Colm Toibin
Item Width: 130 mm
Format: Paperback
