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I agree with Anemone. La Catedral Del Mar is an excellent historical novel that explains all the various people involve with planning, designing and building a great Cathedral during the Middle Ages. It depicts the various classes of people well and is set during the Inquisition.La catedral del mar, set in Barcelona area at the time the Camino must have started. Gives a good impression of the era and of how things may have been for pilgrims back then.
Also La costurera, set during wwII.
Both have been translated to English.
I love to read books set in places I am planning a trip to. Currently I am reading "shadow of the wind" which is set in Barcelona. (Which I am enjoying). Have any to recommend?
Perhaps not quite on your topic, a favourite read this year has been The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal. Not every critic agrees with her view, but it is such an interesting approach given current issues and our interest in the Camino.
I was planning to mention this book in my reply to this thread .. I really enjoyed this book. Yes, controversial with some, but very thought provoking in light of current issues, and an important perspective on an important period of Spanish history.
hmmmmmmmmmmm and Laurie Lee?Ummmmm...........there was an obscure 20th century writer that set a couple of stories in Spain. His name was Ernest Hemmingway.
Ummmmm..........
Sorry! I accidentally split off the 107 replies from the original question posed in 2017. The thread has been reunited now, and put into the Books section.hmmmmmmmmmmm and Laurie Lee?
A classic is. As I walked out one Midsummer morning by Laurie Lee. He left his small village in Gloucestershire England, and walked to southern Spain, writing about his travels in a very poetic wayI love to read books set in places I am planning a trip to. Currently I am reading "shadow of the wind" which is set in Barcelona. (Which I am enjoying). Have any to recommend?
Tim, is the book you are looking for possibly The Road from Ronda or Sierras of the South, both by Alastair Boyd? They are wonderful books about his travels by horse through the mountains of Andalucia. Or was it Gerald Brenan's classic South from Granada?I am trying to track down a book. I read many years ago, written by an English man who travelled from the coast in southern Spain to the villages up in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada. I think it was published in the 1930s or maybe 50s. It is very interesting and beautifully written.
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