Homage to Barcelona by Colm Toibin

Homage to Barcelona by Colm Toibin

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free UK delivery over £5
  • 10% off preloved books when you join +Plus
  • Buying preloved emits 46% less CO2 than new
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Homage to Barcelona by Colm Toibin

A personal evocation of the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona, considered by some to be the fashionable city of the 90s. First built by 14th-century merchants and rebuilt by Catalan nationalists five centuries later, Barcelona is the centre of Catalan culture. The author describes the architecture, art, churches, museums, boulevards and port life of this culturally rich city which has thrived on the presence of so many artists, architects and musicians. Art and politics are brought together as the abyss of the Civil War approaches and the city's suffering is seen through the eyes of those who were involved. It culminates in the terrible end which Franco's army brought to the hopes and dreams of the Catalans. The author also wrote "Walking Along the Border" and "The South".
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780671710613
ISBN 10 0671710613
Title Homage to Barcelona
Author Colm Toibin
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
Year published 1990-08-20
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.