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Homage to Barcelona

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Description for Homage to Barcelona Paperback. Written with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and beguiling portrait of a great Mediterranean city. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176 224pp

Colm Tóibín'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 Gaudí, Miró, Picasso, Casals and Dalí. 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 Tóibín witnessed in the 1970s.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330373562
SKU
9780330373562
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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
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About Colm Toibin
Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including Brooklyn, the 2009 Costa Novel of the Year, The Master, which was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize and winner of the LA Times Book Prize and the IMPAC Book Award, and The Blackwater Lightship, which was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize ... Read more

Reviews for Homage to Barcelona
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 ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Homage to Barcelona


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