Barcelona - Couverture souple

Hughes, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0679743839 ISBN 13 : 9780679743835

Editeur : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Hughes Robert

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Confirms . . . Mr. Hughes's authority as a first-rate chronicler and historian. The book is destined to become, like Forster's Alexandria and Mary McCarthy's Venice Observed, a classic." —The New York Times Book Review

"Authoritative, carefully researched, and full of insights into the city's great heritage . . . his judgments are full of tolerant and good-humored fascination. . . . There is no single volume in either Catalan or Spanish that approaches this book in scope or detail...a superb achievement and a great pleasure to read." —The Washington Post Book World

"Brilliant...an extraordinary book that combines history, criticism of the arts and architecture, and a profound sympathy for the moral essence of a people." —Newsday

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore.

In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common sense.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679743839
• ISBN 13: 9780679743835
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 592