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#69380 - 08/02/05 09:08 PM
Re: Anyone Read Any Good Travel Books About Spain?
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Thanks Keeper,
Already read that one to death, and it is a good one.
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#69382 - 08/18/05 01:48 PM
Re: Anyone Read Any Good Travel Books About Spain?
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Hi Puna, Thanks a lot for your input. I just e-mailed the Booklady telling here I just finished her first suggested reading "Don Quixote's Delusions." Definetyly a good read. Especailly for anyone wanting a light analyses of our illustrious caballero, the light and hope of knight errantry. The only problem is, I read it in only two days. But, because of this excellent book, I've decided to read "Don Quixote" again.
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#69384 - 08/19/05 10:17 AM
Re: Anyone Read Any Good Travel Books About Spain?
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I thought Chris Stewart's Driving Over Lemons was hilarious. Has anyone read George Orwell's Homage to Calalonia?
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#69385 - 08/19/05 11:52 AM
Re: Anyone Read Any Good Travel Books About Spain?
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I thought Chris Stewart's Driving Over Lemons was hilarious. Has anyone read George Orwell's Homage to Calalonia? Every time I read Lemons I laugh - yeah, it is a re-readable book And one of my favorites - not serious just simple fun - Orwell's Homage to Catalonia is a classic - many consider it be the finest book written on the Civil War - Booklady - this is your kind of question .....
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#69386 - 08/19/05 01:07 PM
Re: Anyone Read Any Good Travel Books About Spain?
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Lately I have been spending my time not reading but looking at photographs of Spain. Recently I looked at two photographers' photos of Barcelona. To get ideas of the light and what off the beaten path I could take photos of when I visit Barcelona in October. Also I checking out photos of Girona see what photo ops are there too! So if anyone know of any good photos on the internet I am alway interested. Bill
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#69388 - 08/26/05 09:33 PM
Re: Anyone Read Any Good Travel Books About Spain?
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Registered: 06/20/05
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Loc: Philadelphia, PA
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Diana was right on the money! Good suggestions in her list and I read "Traveller's Tales" in June just before my most recent trip to Spain in July and loved it. All this talk makes me want to re-read Quijote as well..."Yo se quien soy". Anyone seen Terry Gilliam's "Lost in La Mancha"?
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#69389 - 09/17/05 10:43 PM
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The Buried Mirror by Carlos Fuentes is worth reading for a Spanish-Latin American (incl Mexico) perspective. It reads quite well; clear, interesting, well-written. Definitely not a dry history text.
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