From Publishers Weekly
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Hughes's historical-cultural treatise on the Catalonian
capital sparkles on the topic of architecture. Photos.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Review
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"Confirms . . . Mr. Hughes's authority as a first-rate
chronicler and historian. The book is destined to become, like
Forster's Alexandria and Mary McCarthy's Venice Observed, a
classic." —The New York Times Book Review
"Authoritative, carefully researched, and full of ins into
the city's great heritage . . . his judgments are full of
tolerant and good-humored fascination. . . . There is no single
volume in either Catalan or Spanish that approaches this book in
or detail...a superb achievement and a great pleasure to
read." —The Washington Post Book World
"Brilliant...an extraordinary book that combines history,
criticism of the arts and architecture, and a profound sympathy
for the moral essence of a people." —Newsday
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From the Publisher
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"An extraordinary book that combines history, criticism of
the arts and architecture, and a profound sympathy for the moral
essence of a people."--Newsday
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From the Inside Flap
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Barcelona is Robert Hughes's monumentally informed and
irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in
Spain. Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history;
tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and
revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks
that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a
postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a
work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion,
humor, and "seny -- the Catalan word for triumphant common sense.
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From the Back Cover
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"Confirms...Mr. Hughes's authority as a first-rate
chronicler and historian. The book is destined to become, like
Forster's Alexandria and Mary McCarthy's Venice Observed, a
classic." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Authoritative, carefully researched, and full of ins into
the city's great heritage...his judgments are full of tolerant
and good-humored fascination....There is no single volume in
either Catalan or Spanish that approaches this book in or
detail...a superb achievement and a great pleasure to read." --
Washington Post Book World
"Brilliant...an extraordinary book that combines history,
criticism of the arts and architecture, and a profound sympathy
for the moral essence of a people."
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About the Author
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Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. In 1970 he
moved to the United States to become chief art critic for Time, a
position he held until 2001. His books include The Shock of the
New, The al Shore, Nothing if Not Critical, The Culture of
Complaint, Barcelona, Goya, Things I Didn’t Know, and Rome. He is
a New York Public Library Literary Lion, and was the recipient of
a number of literary awards and prizes, including two Frank
Jewett-Mather Awards. He is widely held as the most respected art
critic of our time.
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