Spain: Body and Soul (Armchair Traveller) - Hardcover

Van Den Brink, H. M.

9781904950790: Spain: Body and Soul (Armchair Traveller)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904950795 ISBN 13: 9781904950790

Publisher: Haus Publishing, 2006

Whether it is in Madrid's caf�s or in Barcelona's fish markets, van den Brink takes you on a trip through Spain where tasting and smelling are the key occupations.

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About the Author:

The Dutch author H. M. van den Brink was born in 1956 and lived in Spain as foreign correspondent for the newspaper NRC Handelsblad. In 1993 his debut 'De vooruitgang' was published, and he achieved international fame with his 1998 short story Over het water (On the Water) which was translated in many languages and for which he received several literary prizes including the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

Review:

'This is another remarkable book from those nice people at Haus Publishing. This is truly quality food writing, travel writing, poetic writing, and thoroughly absorbing and charming. ... H M van den Brink paints marvellous landscapes with his words. Always well chosen, they describe scenery as well as could any travelogue. You'll seek out the dishes he describes and thumb through a few of these pages as you sit in a cafe drinking a very small, very black coffee. If you are planning a trip to Spain then consider Spain Body and Soul as your companion.' -- H M van den Brink 'It is the poetic strength and simplicity of the writing that seduces the reader.' -- Daniel Topolski The Guardian 'This is a book about food ... In a very Proustian way, about the memories of eating food. So the writer evokes for us the sight and smell and taste of food that have evoked memories for him, and with these memories the circumstances which surround the eating of that food.' Anglo-Spanish Society Quarterly Review

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