A Recommended Read I
For whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemmingway
An amazing novel that is set in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. Hemingways best.
Siesta - The Sun also Rises - Ernest Hemmingway.
This is the book that made Pamplona´s San Fermin festival world famous for the annual running of the bulls through the city streets.
A Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell.
Deals with the Civil War in which Orwell himself fought on the opposite side to Franco.
South from Granada - Gerald Brenan.
English World War II veteran who went to live in Spain in 1919, before the arrival of roads or public telephones to the country. A study of Spain which investigates everything from brothels to courting and farming practices.
The Last Jew - Noah Gordon.
Novel set in 1492 expulsion of all Jews and Muslims from Spain. Has won awards for historial accuracy in a fictitious novel. All Andalucians swear by it.
Tales of the Alhambra - Washington Irving.
Fictitious tale which brings back to life the Alhambra, the most magnificent of the Moorish Palaces and last outpost of the Moors to fall.
For whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemmingway
An amazing novel that is set in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. Hemingways best.
Siesta - The Sun also Rises - Ernest Hemmingway.
This is the book that made Pamplona´s San Fermin festival world famous for the annual running of the bulls through the city streets.
A Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell.
Deals with the Civil War in which Orwell himself fought on the opposite side to Franco.
South from Granada - Gerald Brenan.
English World War II veteran who went to live in Spain in 1919, before the arrival of roads or public telephones to the country. A study of Spain which investigates everything from brothels to courting and farming practices.
The Last Jew - Noah Gordon.
Novel set in 1492 expulsion of all Jews and Muslims from Spain. Has won awards for historial accuracy in a fictitious novel. All Andalucians swear by it.
Tales of the Alhambra - Washington Irving.
Fictitious tale which brings back to life the Alhambra, the most magnificent of the Moorish Palaces and last outpost of the Moors to fall.
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