Barcelona Tales (Paperback)

Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in Europe, a multilingual capital of an autonomous region that longs to be independent of Spain. The city is famous for its painters, modernist architecture, style of football, and its history, but as Peter Bush reveals it has always been a major centre of literary talent and creativity. Barcelona Tales presents a selection of newly translated short stories by 14 writers, many of them Catalan. The stories explore the themes of migration and class conflict in a city renowned in world literature from the day rural innocents Don Quixote and Sancho Panza visited its streets at the beginning of the seventeenth-century, and witnessed the wonders of the printing press and the cruelties of slavery. Together, they open up the city in ironic, tragic, and lyrical ways, inviting readers to explore fictional lives and literary styles that reflect the dynamic, conflict-ridden character and history of this great European city.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	City Tales
Release date:	May 2019
Editors:	Helen Constantine
Translators:	Peter Bush
Dimensions:	196 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-879837-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	0-19-879837-7
Barcode:	9780198798378

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