This book celebrates one of Europe's greatest cities -- a cosmopolitan hub of vi
brant architecture, art, culture and nightlife. It moves from the story of the c
ity's founding and its huge expansion in the nineteenth century to the lives of
Gaudi, Miro, Picasso, Casals and Dali. It also explores the history of Catalan n
ationalism, the tragedy of the Civil War, the Franco years and the transition fr
om dictatorship to democracy which Colm Toibin witnessed in the 1970s.
Writte
n with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and begui
ling portrait of a unique Mediterranean port and an adopted home.
