Episode 206
SPAIN: Recommended Books & more – 13th Mar 2025
Ghosts of Spain — Giles Tremlett (2007)
A Concise History of Spain by Carla and William Philips (2010)
Homage to Catalonia George Orwell (1938)
Don Quixote — Miguel Cervantes (1605)
Tales of the Alhambra — Washington Irving (1838)
The Shadow of the Wind — Carlos Ruiz Zafón (2001)
The Sun Also Rises — Ernest Hemingway (1926)
Cathedral of the Sea — Ildefonso Falcones (2006)
The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner (2006)
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning — Laurie Lee (1969)
Driving Over Lemons — Chris Stewart (199)
A Broken Mirror — Mercè Rodoreda (1974)
The Lonely Hearts Club novel — Raul Nuñez (1989)
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Transcript
Buenas dias from Gracia, this is a special edition of the Rorshok Spain Update. This week,
Our writer is on holiday, so in place of the usual, we'll just list some great books about Spain, we'd love to hear more, send them in or post somewhere with the hashtag RorshokSpain or email to info@rorshok.com and we will let listeners know. So....our list.
of Spain — Giles Tremlett (:For those looking for the facts, A Concise History of Spain by Carla and William Philips
ge to Catalonia George Orwell: Quixote — Miguel Cervantes (: ra — Washington Irving from: Wind — Carlos Ruiz Zafón (: o Rises — Ernest Hemingway (: e Sea — Ildefonso Falcones (: st Queen by C.W. Gortner from:As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning” Laurie Lee about going to Spain during the Civil War, also wrote A Rose For Winter about the period after the Civil War
Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart, funny, about moving to a village in Andalucia.
A Broken Mirror, novel by Mercè Rodoreda, takes place in Barcelona
The Lonely Hearts Club novel by Raul Nuñez, takes place in Barcelona.
Leans towards Catalunya and foreigners talking about Spain rather than the Spanish talking about themselves, but there you are.
These will all be in the show notes...
Hasta la proxima!
