{"product_id":"south-from-granada","title":"South From Granada","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart autobiography, part travelogue, and wholly a tribute to the unspoilt beauty of southern Spain, Gerald Brenan's \u003ci\u003eSouth from Granada \u003c\/i\u003eincludes an introduction by Chris Stewart, author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eDriving Over Lemons\u003c\/i\u003e, in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1920 and 1934, Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen and \u003ci\u003eSouth of Granada\u003c\/i\u003e depicts his time there, vividly evoking the essence of his rural surroundings and the Spanish way of life before the Civil War. Here he portrays the landscapes, festivals and folk-lore of the Sierra Nevada, the rivalries, romances and courtship rituals, village customs, superstitions and characters. Fascinating details emerge, from cheap brothels to archaeological remains, along with visits from Brenan's friends from the Bloomsbury group - Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf among them. Knowledgeable, elegant and sympathetic, this is a rich account of Spain's vanished past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald Brenan (1894-1987) was an English writer who spent much of his life in Spain. He is best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Spanish Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e, a work of history on the background to the Spanish Civil War and for \u003ci\u003eSouth From Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded a CBE in 1982, and was much honoured in Spain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eSouth from Granada\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Orwell's \u003ci\u003eHomage to Catalonia,\u003c\/i\u003e also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best of Brenan's books: he has a true and proper knowledge of the culture he describes' \u003cbr\u003eCyril Connolly, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant interpreter of Spain to the rest of the world' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226867159384,"sku":"9780141189321","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141189321.jpg?v=1777100426","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/south-from-granada","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}