Barcelona
Nonfiction, Travel, Museums, Tours, & Points of Interest, Europe, Spain & Portugal, History
| Author: | Robert Hughes | ISBN: | 9780307764614 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | December 7, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Hughes |
| ISBN: | 9780307764614 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 7, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
