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Madrid

A Literary Guide for Travellers. Literary Guides for Travellers

By (author) Jules Stewart
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Published: 30th Oct 2018
Dimensions: w 126mm h 216mm d 26mm
Weight: 465g
ISBN-10: 1788310993
ISBN-13: 9781788310994
Barcode No: 9781788310994
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Synopsis
Hemingway called Madrid 'the most Spanish of all cities' and the 'centre of the world'; it was a place that drew him back again and again. But he wasn't the only writer to have been inspired by this proud city which fizzes with energy and is so infused with art and literature. From the Cafe Gijon, a popular hang-out of Lorca, Dali and Bunuel, and the Bar Chicote, Hemingway's preferred watering hole and a popular haunt for bohemian Madrid during the Civil War, to the Hotel Florida where John Dos Passos and Antoine de Saint Exupery used to stay, to the grave of Lope de Vega and the house in which Cervantes took his last breath, this unique guide takes the reader on a colourful journey that spans four centuries and brings to life the people and places that make Madrid the heart of literary Spain.

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Stewart [...] give[s] a full and rewarding portrait of this city that he clearly knows intimately, paving the way for fellow explorers, both in the literal and literary sense. * New York Journal of Books * A tour de force. No one knows Madrid better than Jules Stewart, and there could be no better guide to the city's rich literary past. Destined to become required reading for anyone with even a passing interest in Spain. -- Jason Webster, author of 'Andalus and Sacred Sierra' For an elegantly written and deeply knowledgeable literary tour of Madrid, there could be no better guide than this wonderful volume by Jules Stewart. -- Sir Paul Preston, author of 'The Spanish Civil War'