Originally published in the late 1940s, Arturo Barea's astonishing Spanish trilogy is both the autobiography of a man and the biography of a nation during the first four decades of the twentieth century, one of the most crucial periods in Spain's long history. Arturo Barea was born into a...

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1. Verfasser:	Barea, Arturo 1897-1957 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Barea, Ilsa 1902-1973 (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Pushkin Press 2018
Schlagworte:	Barea, Arturo > 1897-1957 Barea, Arturo / 1897-1957 Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Rif Revolt (1921-1926) Rif Revolt, 1921-1926 / Personal narratives Spain / History / Civil War, 1936-1939 / Personal narratives Spain / History / 20th century Spain / Social life and customs Spain / Biography Manners and customs Spain 1900-1999 Biography History Personal narratives Autobiografie
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Zusammenfassung:	Originally published in the late 1940s, Arturo Barea's astonishing Spanish trilogy is both the autobiography of a man and the biography of a nation during the first four decades of the twentieth century, one of the most crucial periods in Spain's long history. Arturo Barea was born into a poor family in Madrid in 1897 and spent his early years moving between the social and economic worlds of his beloved and widowed mother and a well-to-do aunt. Spain had just lost the last of its rich colonial possessions and was burdened by a sick and corrupt monarchy, and Barea's description of Madrid in 'The Forge' - its slums and boulevards, beggars and children, and conflicting economic and political currents - is as gripping as it is fascinating. As with many of his generation, he developed bourgeois yearnings and became a prosperous businessman; yet he also became deeply concerned about the greed, corruption, and injustice he saw around him. His experience in the Spanish Army in Morocco during the bloody Riff War of the early 1920s, chronicled in 'The Track', affected him deeply and brought him back to Spain with a new perspective. 'The Clash' jumps ahead a decade to chronicle the events in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, from 1935 to 1939, when Barea and his wife left Spain for good. His descriptions of people rising up to resist their aggressors are stunning, and brings home more poignantly and insightfully than any history the underlying conflicts, tensions, and complexities of the Civil War. Individually, each of Barea's books is unforgettable; together they form a literary and historical masterpiece
Beschreibung:	Originally published in English in three separate volumes. The trilogy was first published in one volume in 1946 by Reynal & Hitchcock, USA.
Beschreibung:	767 Seiten 20 cm
ISBN:	9781782274940