Podcast no. 18 - Errant in Iberia!
by Ben Curtis
Bit of a one-off experimental-cast this one… Books about Spain and excerpts from my book ‘Errant in Iberia‘. The other books mentioned in the podcast, Orwell’s ‘Homage to Catalonia’, ‘Voices of the Old Sea’ by Norman Lewis, and ‘South from Granada’ by Brenan, can all be found on this page at Notes from Spain’s sister website Books on Spain.
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Posted: October 16th, 2005 under Notes from Spain Podcast, Spain Travel.
Comments: 7
Comments
Comment from Sin
Time: October 17, 2005, 3:07 pm
Yes, Ben, I read your book and enjoyed it. The Norman Lewis is a gem, isn’t it; the very beginnings of the package holiday resorts. I enjoyed Brenan, too, and envied him. I once started ‘Homage to Catalonia’ and left it - but, after your high praise of it, I think I will start again.
I also very much like Laurie Lee’s ‘As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning’. He went with a blanket, a violin and a phrase of Spanish, just before the beginning of the Civil War. (I just checked your BooksonSpain store, and I see you’ve already praised it likewise.)
Comment from Chris
Time: October 17, 2005, 10:53 pm
Ben, your podcasts have been getting better and better in recent weeks. This episode was especially good. Keep up the good work.
Comment from Pol
Time: October 18, 2005, 10:20 pm
Hi Ben,
Unfortunatey I haven’t read any of the travel books you mention. The most appealing to me are ‘Homage To Catalonia’ and ‘Tales of the Alhambra’, I’ll keep them in mind for my next purchases. Although it is certainly not a travel book, I would also suggest as a must for reading about Spain the famous novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote. In spite being now 400 years old, it is a fine way of approaching the cultural personality and psychological idiosincrasy still valid nowadays amog Spaniards.
About your excerp on ‘Errant on Iberia’, I alway knew English-Spanish “intercambios” was in fact a cover for getting to know nice and attractive girls.
Good podcast, i’ll wait for tomorrow’s cast on the Champions League. Good job, Ben.
Comment from Lawrence
Time: November 4, 2005, 12:02 am
Another interesting and enjoyable podcast. Would be great if the book was for sale as an audio download.
Comment from Steve W.
Time: January 11, 2006, 12:58 am
Two more Laurie Lee books in addition to the one mentioned above. “A moment of war” on his experiences during the civil war, and “A rose for winter” covering a return in the 1950s I think. This latter book is highly evocative of the Spain which all foreigners imagine, and each chapter covers a different city on his trip around Andalucia.
Comment from Beth Smaligo
Time: March 3, 2006, 2:42 am
Amazing! Is there a way for you to read your book, and then load it into the Internet as one (well….very big) podcast? –Beth
Comment from Neskadebilbao
Time: July 16, 2006, 7:11 pm
Ben,
Great podcast. I am planning on reading your book in the near future, but also was wondering what the titles were to the music that you played in between the podcast.
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