Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past - Couverture rigide

Tremlett, Giles

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802715745 ISBN 13 : 9780802715746

Editeur : Walker & Co, 2007

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalísimo Francisco Franco?

The appearance - sixty years after that war ended - of mass graves containing victims of Franco's death squads has finally broken what Spaniards call 'the pact of forgetting'. At this charged moment, Giles Tremlett embarked on a journey around Spain - and through Spanish history.

Tremlett's journey was also an attempt to make sense of his personal experience of the Spanish. Why do they dislike authority figures, but are cowed by a doctor's white coat? How had women embraced feminism without men noticing? What binds gypsies, jails and flamenco? Why do the Spanish go to plastic surgeons, donate their organs, visit brothels or take cocaine more than other Europeans?

Revue de presse :

'Tremlett's work will bring many who think we know Spain to confront what we have hesitated to acknowledge even to ourselves.' -- Matthew Parris

'Tremlett writes with humour, modesty and a great affection for his subject' -- Miranda France, Daily Telegraph

'A transfixing, elegantly written account of Spain today.' --Siobhan Murphy, Metro

'A feast of a book.' Irish Times

'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Spain.' --Sarah Williams, BBC History Magazine

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Walker & Co
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0802715745
• ISBN 13: 9780802715746
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 386