Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country’s Hidden Past - Giles Tremlett
by Ben Curtis
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Book review by Marbella, with our thanks: “…I found it quite uncomfortable reading at times. If anyone remembers the initiation ceremony in the Richard Harris film, A Man Called Horse? Well, if you still love Spain/the Spanish after reading some parts of this book then you’ll see what I mean by the analogy. I passed the test but it wasn’t easy.
It is a real rollercoaster ride through the civil war, ETA, catalanismo, drugs, tourism, corruption, flamenco…the list goes on. Giles Tremlett has an easy going, quite punchy style which made the coverage of so many subject areas achievable. I’m not sure if it is a good or bad thing that after reading it I have more questions than answers. Before reading this book, I thought that Spaniards were being shifty in not confronting their past in relation to the civil war. I think now that if Spaniards want to forget then outsiders (like me, like Tremlett by his own admission) should let them do so.” |
Posted: June 10th, 2006 under General, Non-fiction, Culture, Current Affairs.
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Comment from Jan
Time: November 12, 2006, 12:25 pm
We borrowed this book of a friend and tried to read it through, but it was too high a mountain for me to climb and even my husband, who usually devours history books, found it very hard going and gave up before the end.
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