Roads to Santiago is an evocative travelogue through thesights, sounds, and smells of a little known Spain-itsarchitecture, art, history, landscapes, villages, and people. Andas much as it is the story of his travels, it is an elegant anddetailed chronicle of Cees Nooteboom's thirty-five-year love affairwith his adopted second country. He presents a world not visible tothe casual tourist, by invoking the great spirits of Spain'spast-El Cid, Cervantes, Alfonso the Chaste and Alfonso the Wise,the ill-fated Hapsburgs, and Velzquez. Be it a discussion of histrip to the magnificent Prado Museum or his visit to the shrine ofthe Black Madonna of Guadalupe, Nooteboom writes with the depth andintelligence of an historian, the bravado of an adventurer, and thepassion of a poet. Reminiscent of Robert Hughes's Barcelona, Roadsto Santiago is the consummate portrait of Spain for allreaders.
【作者简介】
Cees Nooteboom, one of Holland's most popular and mosttranslated authors, has written eleven volumes of travel articlesand essays. His previous books include The Following Story,winner of the 1993 European Prize, Rituals, and In theDutch Mountains. He lives in Amsterdam.
【目录】
Ⅰ. Through Arag6n to Soria page 3
Ⅱ. A Journey across Names and Ages page
Ⅲ. A World of Death and History
Ⅳ. A Land of Hidden Treasures
Ⅴ; Not Yet in Santiago
Ⅵ. A Queen Does Not Laugh: Diego Velfisquez in the Prado
Ⅶ. Whispers of Gold and Br0wn and Grey
Ⅷ. In the Footsteps of Don Quixote -the Roads of La Mancha
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