Our Lady of the Sewers And Other Adventures in Deep Spain |
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Author:
| Richardson, Paul |
ISBN: | 978-0-349-10857-5 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1999 |
Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Imprint: | Abacus |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.99 |
Book Description:
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Paul Richardson's mission - 'to sieve out the ancient, perverse and eccentric from the new, nice and normal' - took him from coastal plain to mountainous peak. It also took him, often, by surprise. From ritual pig killings to wood-chopping competitions, from an alchemist who eats stone, to pilgrimages in the name of obscure Virgins, his journey into deep Spain is captivating, often hilarious, sometimes surprising - and always highly illuminating. 'Richardson writes...
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Paul Richardson's mission - 'to sieve out the ancient, perverse and eccentric from the new, nice and normal' - took him from coastal plain to mountainous peak. It also took him, often, by surprise. From ritual pig killings to wood-chopping competitions, from an alchemist who eats stone, to pilgrimages in the name of obscure Virgins, his journey into deep Spain is captivating, often hilarious, sometimes surprising - and always highly illuminating.
'Richardson writes vividly about some of the wilder characters he meets ... read OUR LADY OF THE SEWERS if you want a glimpse of the surviving truth behind tour-operator cliches, and for a view of Spain that is becoming ever harder to find' SUNDAY TIMES
'Puckish, witty, casually erudite . delivers acute and sharply observed portraits of both people and places' TLS