ANDALUCÍA

ANDALUCÍA

ANDALUCÍA

JACOBS, MICHAEL

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PALLAS ATHENE
Year of edition:
2013
Matter
Libros en inglés*
Ubicación
B-1900
ISBN:
978-1-873429-78-5
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In this masterly book Michael Jacobs looks with fresh eyes at all the traditional delights of Andalucía while doing full justice to the lesser-known aspects of the region. He examines the underrated local food and drink, the extraordinarily varied natural scenery, the composers and writers who created the romantic myths and legends of the 19th century, the strange legacy of Lorca and the Spanish Civil War.

(Genova, Italia, 1952 – Londres, Inglaterra, 2014). Historiador de arte, escritor, viajero, amante de Andalucia en particular y de España y el mundo iberoamericano en general, fue uno de los grandes escritores de viajes en la larga tradicion del genero en Inglaterra y un hispanista ferviente, digno discipulo de Gerald Brenan. Se consideraba a si mismo un «un ingles excentrico» que llevo a su prosa los mismos elementos con los que habia definido a su maestro Norman Lewis (colega y amigo de su pad

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