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Homage to Barcelona / Colm Tóibín

By:

Tóibín, Colm, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, : Picador, 1992, c1990Description: 224 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780330520928

Subject(s):

Barcelona (Spain) -- Civilization

DDC classification:

946.72 TOI 20

Summary: This book celebrates one of Europe's greatest cities - a cosmopolitan city of vibrant architecture and art, great churches and museums, intriguing port life and extravagant nightclubs, restaurants and bars. It moves from the story of the city's founding, and huge expansion in the nineteenth century, to the lives of Gaudi, Miro, Casals and Dali. It also examines 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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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	946.72 TOI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	non fiction		030627

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229) and index.

This book celebrates one of Europe's greatest cities - a cosmopolitan city of vibrant architecture and art, great churches and museums, intriguing port life and extravagant nightclubs, restaurants and bars. It moves from the story of the city's founding, and huge expansion in the nineteenth century, to the lives of Gaudi, Miro, Casals and Dali. It also examines 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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