Homage to Barcelona by Colm Toibin

Colm TA3ibA-n's Homage to Barcelona celebrates one of Europe?_Ts greatest cities ?_" a cosmopolitan hub of vibrant architecture, art, culture and nightlife. It moves from the story of the city?_Ts founding and its huge expansion in the nineteenth century to the lives of GaudA-, MirA3, Picasso, Casals and DalA-. 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 TA3ibA-n 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.
Binding: Paperback / softback