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Don Quixote's Delusions (häftad, eng)
A humorous and affectionate look at modern Spain, and a celebration of the country''s greatest book, from the pen of a brilliant young...
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A humorous and affectionate look at modern Spain, and a celebration of the country''s greatest book, from the pen of a brilliant young writer.
When in 1987 Miranda France spent a year living in Madrid, the post-dictatorship ebullience was at its height. Pornography and soft drugs were legalised alongside more basic freedoms, such as divorce, party-affiliation and kissing in the streetIn 1998 she returned to make a journey through the great cities and towns of central Spain - Madrid, Toledo, Segovia, Salamanca and others. With the new prosperity, much has changed.
But much has also endured, as she learns from the people she meets, who include a private detective, a shepherd, various nuns, two belly dancers and a Castilian separatist She also discovers that Cervantes'' DON QUIXOTE'' published in 1605 and the most translated book after the Bible - is a work of genius which still helps to explain the Spanish character: today''s Spaniards still suffer from Don Quixote''s delusions, and are as stubborn, inflexible and unrealistic as they have always been.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 256 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Orion Publishing Co |
Utgivningsdatum | 2002-09-05 |
ISBN | 9780753813843 |
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- Häftad, 256, Engelska, Orion Publishing Co, 2002-09-05, 9780753813843
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 256
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Orion Publishing Co
- Utgivningsdatum 2002-09-05
- ISBN 9780753813843