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Homage to Barcelona
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A book celebrating one of Europe's greatest cities, moving from its founding to its huge growth in the 19th century and to the lives of Gaudi, Miro, Picasso, Casals and Dali.
In this fascinating and comprehensive biography of a city, Toibin examines the story of Catalan, the horrors of the Civil War, Franco's rule and the eventual rise of democracy. Reflecting the city's own truly cosmopolitan nature, Toibin's writing covers Barcelona's art and architecture, its great churches and museums, its cafes, port life, restaurant's and fashionable nightclubs.
Written with a deep knowledge of and affection for this astonishing city, it is a personal, carefully researched and finely crafted piece of work.
Colm Toibin was born in Ireland, in 1955. He is the author of the novels The South, The Heather Blazing and The Story of the Night, and more recently The Blackwater Lightship, which was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. He has also written the non-fiction books Bad Blood, Homage to Barcelona and The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe. He lives in Dublin.
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NZ$ 27.95 each
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Author: Colm Toibin
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