Roads to Santiago

Roads to Santiago is an evocative travelogue through the sights, sounds, and smells of a little known Spain-its architecture, art, history, landscapes, villages, and people. And as much as it is the story of his travels, it is an elegant and detailed chronicle of Cees Nooteboom's thirty-five-year love affair with his adopted second country. He presents a world not visible to the casual tourist, by invoking the great spirits of Spain's past-El Cid, Cervantes, Alfonso the Chaste and Alfonso the Wise, the ill-fated Hapsburgs, and Vel zquez. Be it a discussion of his trip to the magnificent Prado Museum or his visit to the shrine of the Black Madonna of Guadalupe, Nooteboom writes with the depth and intelligence of an historian, the bravado of an adventurer, and the passion of a poet. Reminiscent of Robert Hughes's Barcelona, Roads to Santiago is the consummate portrait of Spain for all readers.


Author: Cees Nooteboom
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 03/13/2000
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.05w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780156011587
ISBN10: 0156011581
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- History | Europe | Spain
- Travel | Europe | Spain & Portugal