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(20 Posts)Hi,
Just saw the Paris thread Could anyone give any good recommendations for novels set in Spain. Have read Shadow of the Wind, but would love to read a few more before hols in summer
thanks
Driving Over Lemons - Chris Stewart
As I Stepped Out One Midsummer Morning - Laurie Lee
Although both autobiographical rather than fiction.
The Return by Victoria Hislop is set in Spain. I think she gets mixed reviews on here but I enjoyed it.
Oh I read Driving over lemons too, forgot about that!
will look up the Laurie Lee one; thanks
Winter In Madrid is very good, and only 20p at the moment, I think.
Guernica by Dave Boling and Winter In Madrid cover similar territory to The Return. All are heartbreaking.
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell (Pillowcase it was my Paris thread , I haven't read this but it's in the same collection as Down and out in London and Paris.)
I read a great book about modern Spain a few years ago by a British journalist called Giles Something. I will have to google.
Ah it was Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past by Giles Tremlett.
for whom the bell tolls
winter in Madrid(cj sansom)
Guernica..can't remember the author
any of those 3 are better than the return imo
I liked Guernica the best.
Ghosts of Spain is really good, really interesting.
oh thanks everyone for these, will get ordering something tomorrow when i look up a few reviews.
try arturo perez-reverte
and on a lighter note the main character in David lodge's Therapy goes on a pilgrimage through spain
Polly I LOVE that David Lodge book. The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. He's one of my favourite authors.
thank you Best... i couldn't pull the name out of my muddled brain...
Here is a mix of books by location/genre depending where you are going:
A Darker Night by P J Brooke - Grenada
A Death in Valencia by Jason Webster - Valencia
A Parrot in a Pepper Tree by Chris Stewart - Andalucia (author of Driving over Lemons)
From Barcelona, with Love by Elizabeth Adler - Barcelona
The Scent of Lemon Leaves by Clara Sanchez - Javea
A Blogpost too:
tripfiction.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/selected-fiction-set-in-barcelona.html
Have fun choosing!
Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls.
I have Winter in Madrid, looking forward to reading that.
I have also read the first two Chris Stewart books, they are great - light, but fun and I do actually think they give a good sense of the country.
OH, and I have the Scent of Lemon leaves too!
Thanks for all that,
Am ordering Guernica, Therapy and For Whom the Bell Tolls hoping it'll be a good mix.
Gracias
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