A WOMAN UNKNOWN Voices from a Spanish Life by Lucia Graves

The author grew up in Majorca, looks like an interesting read for anybody into Spain. This is a used book in good condition: cover is clean with light wear and creasing; pages are clean and tanning at the edges with age. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: Lucia Graves, daughter of the poet Robert Graves and his wife Beryl, grew up in the beautiful village of Deia on the island of Majorca. Neither Spanish nor Catholic by birth, she nevertheless absorbed the different traditions of Spain and felt the full impact of Franco's dictatorship through the experience of her education. Lucia found herself continually bridging the gaps between Catalan, Spanish and English, as she picked up the patterns and nuances that contain the essence of each culture. Portraying her life as a child watching the hills lit up by bonfires on Good Friday, or, years later, walking through the haunting backstreets of the Jewish quarter of Girona, this is a personal memoir which provides a first-hand account of Catalonia, where Lucia lived and raised a family. It is also a perceptive appraisal of a country burdened by tradition yet coming to terms with political change as the decades moved on.

Book Details

Code: SKU577

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 273

Published: 2000 by Virago

ISBN: 1860495532

Postage: $6.90

Price: AUD $8.00