Homage to Barcelona [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Tóibín, Colm

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ISBN 10: 0330373560 ISBN 13: 9780330373562

Casa editrice: Picador, 2010

Riassunto

Colm Toibin's Homage to Barcelona 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.

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Tóibín 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” . . . Tóibín is the perfect guide. (Chicago Tribune)

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Written with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and beguiling portrait of a great Mediterranean city.

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• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0330373560
• ISBN 13: 9780330373562
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240