A Romantic in Spain
A Romantic in Spain (Paperback)
by Theophile Gautier
Just finishing this up. A great combination of acidic wit, spot on observation and contemplation. Much of it could be written about Spain today: Gautier complains about not being able to find the 'authentic' Spain because it's been ruined by Englishmen - Tailors only make Spanish costumes for English Tourists, the Spanish are tired of travelers seeking cliches of Fandangos, bullfights and Flamenco...and that was in 1847!
Gautier was also studied painting - its nice to hear someone who can actually paint talk about paintings, and his descriptions of scenery, landscape, architecture and people reveal an artist's eye rather than just a mere travel writer.
3 comments:
Open your suitcase with the last pink lights of a glorious Friday and while packing,play "siempre me quedara" from BEBE.
May be you will be flying,like angels,and I will be drinking my wine while the Rubias del Norte performs.
Not this weekend....I may check out las rubias though....
nice! so we'll have something to comment about on Monday.
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