TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tolbin, Colm
TI  - Homage to Barcelona
SN  - 9780330373562
KW  - DP HISTORY OF SPAIN
KW  - History
KW  -  20th century
KW  - Barcelona (Spain) century
KW  - Barcelona Politics and government
KW  - Barcelona Social life customs
KW  - Manners customs
KW  - Politics government
KW  - Spain Barcelona
N2  - Colm Tóibín's Homage to Barcelona celebrates one of Europe's greatest cities - a cosmopolitan hub of vibrant architecture, art, culture and nightlife. It moves from the story of the city's founding and its huge expansion in the nineteenth century to the lives of Gaudí, Miró, Picasso, Casals and Dalí. It also explores the history of Catalan nationalism, the tragedy of the Civil War, the Franco years and the transition from dictatorship to democracy which Colm Tóibín witnessed in the 1970s. Written with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and beguiling portrait of a unique Mediterranean port and an adopted home.
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