Between 1920 and 1934, Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen and South of Granada 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.
About the Author
Edward FitzGerald "Gerald" Brenan, CBE was an Anglo-Irish writer and Hispanist who spent much of his life in Spain.He is best known forThe Spanish Labyrinth, a historical work on the background to the Spanish Civil War, and forSouth from Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village.He was awarded a CBE in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List in 1982..
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