An amusing and insightful account of Spanish village life from "a brilliant interpreter of Spain to the rest of the world" ("The Times").
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A Mastery of English,
By "dpmath" (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: South from Granada (Kodansha Globe) (Paperback)
This book surely has its ethnographic merits, but there's another great reason to read it. Gerard Brenan is one of the most elegantly simple writers in the English language. The economy of his prose that never feels hurried perfectly suits the man for his observations of the unhurried, simple life he describes.
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Life in Las Alpujarras,
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This review is from: South from Granada (Kodansha Globe) (Paperback)
At once a travel memoir, a work of anthropological observation, and an account of becoming a writer, Brennan's account of life in a Spanish Village in the 1920's is acutely observed. Rich in its account of the culture of the region, South from Granada also contains wry descriptions of the visits of various members of the Bloomsbury group (Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, Leonard and Virgina Woolfe) who, with varying degrees of adaptability, are confronted with the rather basic ammenities of the village. Strong, clear writing makes for an evocative read.
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Excellent Look at an Facinating People,
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This review is from: South from Granada (Kodansha Globe) (Paperback)
I bought this book in preparation for a trip to Andalucia this summer. What I found was one of the best character studies I have ever read. This would be the father of the "Year in Provence" type of book set in a facinating section of Southern Spain amid white-washed Berber homes and olive groves. Don't worry about the chapters on the visits from various famous writers (Virginia Wolfe, etc.) as they can be skipped without dimishing from the work at all. Nonetheless, I enjoyed them despite having absolutely no interest in Lytton-Strachy, et al.
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IT was in September 1919 that I went to Spain for the first time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Fadrique, Sierra Nevada, Lytton Strachey, Civil War, Virginia Woolf, Don Horacio, Roger Fry, Don Manuel, Midsummer Day, Sierra la Contraviesa, Bronze Age, Don Juan, Uncle Maximiliano, Don Eduardo, Don Indalecio, Mother Rat, Puerto del Lobo, Campo de Dalias, Dofia Lucia, Don Aquilino, Mecina Bombaron, Civil Guard, David Garnett, May Day, Pan Blanco New!
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IT was in September 1919 that I went to Spain for the first time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Fadrique, Sierra Nevada, Lytton Strachey, Civil War, Virginia Woolf, Don Horacio, Roger Fry, Don Manuel, Midsummer Day, Sierra la Contraviesa, Bronze Age, Don Juan, Uncle Maximiliano, Don Eduardo, Don Indalecio, Mother Rat, Puerto del Lobo, Campo de Dalias, Dofia Lucia, Don Aquilino, Mecina Bombaron, Civil Guard, David Garnett, May Day, Pan Blanco New!
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- Virginia Woolf (Ensayo-Biografico) (Spanish Edition) by Quentin Bell on page 143, and page 144
- Sons and Lovers (Signet Classics) by D. H. Lawrence on page 143
- Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey on page 142
- Sons and Lovers (Penguin Reader Level 5) by Lawrence on page 143
- Sons and Lovers by D H Lawrence on page 143
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- The Rough Guide to Andalucia (3rd Edition) by Geoff Garvey on 7 pages
- Footprint Andalucia, 4th Edition (Footprint Andalucia Handbook) by Andy Symington on 6 pages
- Mel Bay Flamenco...All You Wanted to Know by Emma Martinez on page 33, page 63, and Back Matter
- Atlantic Empires of France and Spain: Louisbourg and Havana, 1700-1763 by John Robert McNeill in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Encarnita's Journey by Joan Lingard on page 290, and Back Matter
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