Barcelona
- ISBN-10
- 0307764613
- ISBN-13
- 9780307764614
- Series
- Barcelona
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 592
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-12-07
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Robert Hughes
Description
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.
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