The Last Days of the Spanish Republic
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Told for the first time in English, Paul Preston's new book tells the story of a preventable tragedy...
Letters from Iceland
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In the summer of 1936, W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice visited Iceland on commission to write a...
Jon Dieringer recommended El Sur (1983) in Movies (curated)
Franco's crypt. Spanish culture and memory since 1936
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History is written by the victors. It's a cliche, but a reliable one - except in the case of the...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Homage to Catalonia in Books
Jul 24, 2017
His first-hand account of fighting in the war makes him unique in his ability to be able to write about it unlike many of the other biased publications at the time. It is an extremely political book so it may not suit someone who wants to read about the emotional upheaval being on the frontline.
He truly is a genius ahead of his time.
South From Granada
Chris Stewart and Gerald Brenan
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Part autobiography, part travelogue, and wholly a tribute to the unspoilt beauty of southern Spain,...
Facing Unpleasant Facts: 1937-1939
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These years saw the publication of The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for...
Religion and Spanish Film: Luis Bunuel, the Franco Era, and Contemporary Directors
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Treatments of religion found in Spanish cinema range from the pious to the anticlerical and...
Ramiro de Maeztu and England: Imaginaries, Realities and Repercussions of a Cultural Encounter
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Ramiro de Maeztu was one of the most influential Spanish intellectuals of the early twentieth...
The Camomile Lawn
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Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is...