Barcelona
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 9, 1993
A History pick for readers exploring Barcelona.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp, historically minded guide makes Barcelona’s monuments and contradictions rewarding company.
- Themes
- Barcelona history, Urban landmarks, Catalan culture
- Genres
- Spain & Portugal Travel, Spanish & Portuguese History, Travel Writing
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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.
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The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common sense.
City with Seny
A sharp, historically minded guide makes Barcelona’s monuments and contradictions rewarding company.
Come here for
- Kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries in a city’s turbulent history
- Landmarks spanning Gaudí’s surreal cathedral to a glass-walled urinal
Expect
- Informed, opinionated commentary with a dry sense of humor
- A portrait shaped by proportion and Catalan common sense
Where it sits
| Spain & Portugal Travel | 73% |
|---|---|
| Spanish & Portuguese History | 72% |
| Travel Writing | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Spanish & Portuguese History
- Spain & Portugal Travel
- Museums & Cultural Tours
- Authors
- Robert Hughes
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- March 9, 1993
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Barcelona history · Urban landmarks · Catalan culture
- Reading lane
- Spanish & Portuguese History