Spain A Traveler's Literary Companion |
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| Editor:
| Bush, Peter
Dillman, Lisa |
| Series title: | Traveler's Literary Companions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-883513-12-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
| Publisher: | Whereabouts Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $27.99 |
Book Description:
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Explore Spain's rich literary landscape with some of the country's best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these thirty stories many of which appear in English for the first time transport the reader through Spain's many enchanting regions: experience a bull-run with Juan Goytisolo in Albacete, join Bernardo Atxaga in a Basque village, travel to the misty woods of Galicia with Manuel Rivas, and reminisce nostalgically with Julio Llamazares over black-and-white...
More DescriptionExplore Spain's rich literary landscape with some of the country's best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these thirty stories many of which appear in English for the first time transport the reader through Spain's many enchanting regions: experience a bull-run with Juan Goytisolo in Albacete, join Bernardo Atxaga in a Basque village, travel to the misty woods of Galicia with Manuel Rivas, and reminisce nostalgically with Julio Llamazares over black-and-white photos of his childhood Spain. Contributors include Nuria Amat, Bernardo Atxaga, Julián Ayesta, Carlos Blanco, Antón Castro, Agustín Cerezales, Rosa Chacel, Dulce Chacón, Rafael Chirbes, Miguel Delibes, Lucía Etxebarria, José Ferrer Bermejo, Laura Freixas, Amaia Gabantxo, Federico García Lorca, Juan Goytisolo, Julio Llamazares, José Jiménez Lozano, Javier Marías, Juan Marsé, Quim Monzó, Javier Puebla, Fernando Quiñones, Carme Riera, Manuel Rivas, Germán Sierra, Nivaria Tejera, and Angela Vallvey.