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Very interesting.The Civil War in Spain has contributions from George Orwell, Andre John Dos Passos, Arthur Koestler, Andre Malraux and others. Should be worth reading.
The review was interesting, and tepid, saying Michener failed to grapple with the complexity of Spain - and I have to say I agree. Iberia's pleasant enough, but doesn't go anywhere remotely complicated.
(The reviewer wrote this more gritty and...
If anyone is interested here is a review of Michener's Iberia shortly after it was published.
http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/05/12/88946674.html
This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
For what it’s worth, according to this article in El País, most Spaniards do not eat the Mediterranean diet.
https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/02/13/inenglish/1550055336_780262.html
@Camo, it is obvious that you like to talk about movies and movie characters. ☺️
Forum members are mostly interested in the realities of their walk. So to prevent any misunderstandings: Emilio Estevez was allowed to be one of the tiraboleiros...
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