|
Showing 1 - 25 of
41 matches in All Departments
|
South From Granada (Paperback)
Gerald Brenan; Introduction by Chris Stewart
|
R313
R255
Discovery Miles 2 550
Save R58 (19%)
|
Ships in 9 - 15 working days
|
Part autobiography, part travelogue, and wholly a tribute to the
unspoilt beauty of southern Spain, Gerald Brenan's South from
Granada includes an introduction by Chris Stewart, author of the
bestselling Driving Over Lemons, in Penguin Modern Classics.
Between 1920 and 1934, Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish
village of Yegen and South of Granada depicts his time there,
vividly evoking the essence of his rural surroundings and the
Spanish way of life before the Civil War. Here he portrays the
landscapes, festivals and folk-lore of the Sierra Nevada, the
rivalries, romances and courtship rituals, village customs,
superstitions and characters. Fascinating details emerge, from
cheap brothels to archaeological remains, along with visits from
Brenan's friends from the Bloomsbury group - Lytton Strachey and
Virginia Woolf among them. Knowledgeable, elegant and sympathetic,
this is a rich account of Spain's vanished past. Gerald Brenan
(1894-1987) was an English writer who spent much of his life in
Spain. He is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth, a work of
history on the background to the Spanish Civil War and for South
From Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village. He was awarded
a CBE in 1982, and was much honoured in Spain If you enjoyed South
from Granada, you might like Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, also
available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'The best of Brenan's books:
he has a true and proper knowledge of the culture he describes'
Cyril Connolly, Sunday Times 'A brilliant interpreter of Spain to
the rest of the world' The Times
Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth has become the classic
account of the background to the Spanish Civil War. Written during
and immediately after the Civil War, this book has all the
vividness of the author's experience. It represents a struggle to
see the issues in Spanish politics objectively, whilst bearing
witness to the deep involvement which is the only possible source
of much of this richly detailed account. As a literary figure on
the fringe of the Bloomsbury group, Gerald Brenan lends to this
narrative an engaging personal style that has become familiar to
many thousands of readers over the decades since it was first
published.
|
The House of Howard
Gerald Brenan, Edward Phillips Statham; Created by Hutchinson And Co.
|
R1,045
Discovery Miles 10 450
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
|
The House of Howard (Paperback)
Gerald Brenan, Edward Phillips Statham; Created by Hutchinson And Co.
|
R734
Discovery Miles 7 340
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth has become the classic
account of the background to the Spanish Civil War. Written during
and immediately after the Civil War, the book has all the vividness
of the author's experience. It represents a struggle to see the
issues in Spanish politics objectively, whilst bearing witness to
the deep involvement which is the only possible source of much of
this richly detailed account. As a literary figure on the fringe of
the Bloomsbury group, Gerald Brenan lends to this narrative an
engaging personal style that has become familiar to many thousands
of readers over the decades since it was first published.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our
special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more
extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have
chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have
occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing
text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other
reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is
culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our
commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's
literature.
In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our
special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more
extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have
chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have
occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing
text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other
reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is
culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our
commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's
literature.
|
|