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Roads to Santiago
Cees Nooteboom
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9780156011587 Trade Paperback
0156011581
$16.00
368pages
Available
Trim Size:
6 x 9
Copyright Year:
1996
Territory:
US, C, O
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Synopsis |
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Roads to Santiago is an evocative travelogue through the sights, sounds, and smells of a little known Spain-its architecture, art, history, landscapes, villages, and people. And as much as it is the story of his travels, it is an elegant and detailed chronicle of Cees Nooteboom's thirty-five-year love affair with his adopted second country. He presents a world not visible to the casual tourist, by invoking the great spirits of Spain's past-El Cid, Cervantes, Alfonso the Chaste and Alfonso the Wise, the ill-fated Hapsburgs, and Vel-zquez. Be it a discussion of his trip to the magnificent Prado Museum or his visit to the shrine of the Black Madonna of Guadalupe, Nooteboom writes with the depth and intelligence of an historian, the bravado of an adventurer, and the passion of a poet. Reminiscent of Robert Hughes's Barcelona, Roads to Santiago is the consummate portrait of Spain for all readers.
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General Subjects |
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Travel- Europe/Spain & Portugal
Travel- Essays & Travelogues
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Academic Disciplines & Course Studies |
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English Language & Literature- Prose
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English Language & Literature- World Literature
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