Barcelonas
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few cities have been written about with the passion and intimacy that Manuel Vázquez Montalbán brings to his beloved Barcelona in Barcelonas — a sprawling, lyrical portrait of a city that is at once fiercely Catalan and cosmopolitan, ancient and relentlessly modern. Translated by Andy Robinson, the work chronicles the city's labyrinthine neighbourhoods, its political upheavals, its cultural contradictions, and the lives of the ordinary people who give it its restless, defiant soul, weaving together history, personal memory, and sharp social commentary into a singular urban meditation. Montalbán, best known internationally for his Pepe Carvalho detective series, here demonstrates the full breadth of his literary and intellectual range, presenting Barcelona not as a postcard destination but as a living, breathing organism shaped by class struggle, Francoist repression, and Catalan identity. His prose is at once erudite and street-level, moving effortlessly between the grand sweep of history and the intimate texture of daily life — leaving the reader to wonder whether any city has ever been so thoroughly, so tenderly, understood.
Author: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Format: Hardback
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Few cities have been written about with the passion and intimacy that Manuel Vázquez Montalbán brings to his beloved Barcelona in Barcelonas — a sprawling, lyrical portrait of a city that is at once fiercely Catalan and cosmopolitan, ancient and relentlessly modern. Translated by Andy Robinson, the work chronicles the city's labyrinthine neighbourhoods, its political upheavals, its cultural contradictions, and the lives of the ordinary people who give it its restless, defiant soul, weaving together history, personal memory, and sharp social commentary into a singular urban meditation. Montalbán, best known internationally for his Pepe Carvalho detective series, here demonstrates the full breadth of his literary and intellectual range, presenting Barcelona not as a postcard destination but as a living, breathing organism shaped by class struggle, Francoist repression, and Catalan identity. His prose is at once erudite and street-level, moving effortlessly between the grand sweep of history and the intimate texture of daily life — leaving the reader to wonder whether any city has ever been so thoroughly, so tenderly, understood.