5/19/2023 0 Comments Orhan pamuk barcelona![]() This second edition from 2002 encompasses the social and political history of Barcino from Roman times through the trauma of the Spanish Civil War right up to the building and beach clean up work undertaken in preparation for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. While DK’s Top 10 Barcelona provided the necessary starting points, Homage to Barcelona added depth in 15 chapters with titles that enabled them to be picked off to compliment our itinerary. ![]() Tóibín has lived in Barcelona on and off since the 1970’s and has fully immersed himself in the history and culture of the place. While she sun-worshipped, I spent hours in the company of Colm Tóibín’s very educative homage. ![]() There’s something about reading a book in situ, isn’t there?īeaches are not my usual habitat but my travelling companion’s blistered feet did insist on some respite after we had walked the length and breadth of Barcelona, down the Ramblas, around the Gaudi buildings and parks, the Picasso Museum and the Miro foundation. ![]()
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