ISBN: 8489954526

Award-winning journalist and author Jimmy Burns has compiled a book that is required reading for anyone interested in Spain, its history, culture, politics, and people. Drawing on his Ang… Más…

Award-winning journalist and author Jimmy Burns has compiled a book that is required reading for anyone interested in Spain, its history, culture, politics, and people. Drawing on his Anglo-Spanish family background and more than 50 years of personal and professional experience, Burns provides a compelling narrative of his own. He also draws extensively from the observations of a rich blend of travellers, writers, soldiers, adventurers, saints and sinners from early times to the present day who have been attracted to Spain and its idiosyncrasies. Part personal travelogue, part anthology, Burns's Literary Companion will surprise, entertain and, on occasions, move. Highlights include: Battlefield experiences, from Wellington to the Spanish Civil War, Tributes to Spain's three cultures - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim, The joys and pitfalls of Spanish food and wine, The enduring nature of regional identity, the passion of flamenco, Bullfighting, as loved and hated through the years, How tourists changed certain parts of Spain, The endurance of the Spanish soul. Book jacket. europe,general,history,literary,literary criticism,literary criticism and collections,literature,literature and fiction,reference,science and math General, Chicago Review Press, Incorporated<

ISBN: 9788489954526

Acclaimed journalist and author Jimmy Burns draws on the observations of an entertaining blend of travelers, writers, soldiers, adventurers, saints and sinners from early times to the pre… Más…

Acclaimed journalist and author Jimmy Burns draws on the observations of an entertaining blend of travelers, writers, soldiers, adventurers, saints and sinners from early times to the present day in Spain. Here is Spain with all its idiosyncrasies, in a compelling narrative that is part travelogue, part anthology, and a wide-ranging portrait of a country and its people. This book will surprise and entertain readers with incisive accounts of battlefield experience, tributes to Spain's three cultures, the joys of Spanish food and wine, the enduring nature of regional identity, the passions of flamenco and bullfighting, and the changes brought to the country by tourism. This is required reading for anyone interested in Spain, its history, culture, politics and people. Spain Burns, Jim, Santana Books<

2006, ISBN: 9788489954526

Ediciones Santana, S.L. Taschenbuch, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2006-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Schule & Lernen, Kategorien, Bücher, Spanien, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Poli… Más…

Ediciones Santana, S.L. Taschenbuch, 240 Seiten, Publiziert: 2006-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Schule & Lernen, Kategorien, Bücher, Spanien, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Bildbände, Reise & Abenteuer, Ediciones Santana, S.L., 2006<