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Post by The Quito Diet on Jun 13, 2016 22:15:03 GMT
Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past. One of the best books I've read, details so much about Spain's history under Franco, the transition towards a democracy, ETA, Basque separatism, could have had a bit more in it about Catalonia but there's loads of books available to cover that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2016 15:34:34 GMT
Second that, used it for my dissertation. Fantastic read. Pretty much covers all of my favourite aspects of Spain, particularly the Basque separatist movement.
The Civil War will never be comfortable to read about, I've read so many things about it and the brutality of Franco never fails to make me cringe.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jun 14, 2016 16:55:00 GMT
Second that, used it for my dissertation. Fantastic read. Pretty much covers all of my favourite aspects of Spain, particularly the Basque separatist movement. The Civil War will never be comfortable to read about, I've read so many things about it and the brutality of Franco never fails to make me cringe. Anything similar you'd recommend? And aye, can't believe we were taught nothing of Franco in school. I'd also up until reading thought ETA were behind the Madrid bombings too so it was interesting to read how that accusation came about and the effects it had on politics in general in Spain.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2016 18:26:22 GMT
If you want a couple of Catalonia specific things to read, especially on independence then I would say Goodbye Spain by Kathryn Crameri which basically just looks at the case for independence and whether the Catalan Junta endorses independence through propaganda. Another one is What's up with Catalonia? which is very good, it's a collection of essays and has a foreword by the former president of Catalonia, it's very pro-independence which I can relate to given my thoughts on the concept of Catalonia as an independent state.
Most of what I've looked at is football related though, Football and National Identities in Spain by Alejandro Quiroga is good, has some in there about both Catalonia and the Basque.
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Post by Star of Spurs on Jun 14, 2016 18:28:39 GMT
finished notes from underground/the double last week. dostoyevsky's a tad dry imo
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Post by daveyposhboy on Jun 18, 2016 13:09:07 GMT
crime and punishment is one of the best stories ever so you should get stuck in to that when you can, he's a rather bleak fellow though but that's a lot wittier in places
great expectations was so good i've not wanted to pick anything up since. started reading engleby because faulks is a safe bet for me but i'm really wanting to get into a brief history of seven killings at some point over the summer too
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Post by you give me rrrroad rrrrage on Jun 19, 2016 5:01:03 GMT
crime and punishment is one of the best stories ever so you should get stuck in to that when you can, he's a rather bleak fellow though but that's a lot wittier in places great expectations was so good i've not wanted to pick anything up since. started reading engleby because faulks is a safe bet for me but i'm really wanting to get into a brief history of seven killings at some point over the summer too Crime and Punsihment is just crushingly tragic. Took me ages to finish but I will have to re-read at some point. A Brief History of Seven Killings is the absolute dog's bollocks, too.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jun 28, 2016 20:58:43 GMT
Mark Webber's autobiography was less bitter than I'd heard, seems that most of his issues were with Helmut Marko, actually speaks quite highly of Vettel towards the end of the book. Scathing of Horner too though.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jul 4, 2016 20:51:45 GMT
If you want a couple of Catalonia specific things to read, especially on independence then I would say Goodbye Spain by Kathryn Crameri which basically just looks at the case for independence and whether the Catalan Junta endorses independence through propaganda. Another one is What's up with Catalonia? which is very good, it's a collection of essays and has a foreword by the former president of Catalonia, it's very pro-independence which I can relate to given my thoughts on the concept of Catalonia as an independent state. Most of what I've looked at is football related though, Football and National Identities in Spain by Alejandro Quiroga is good, has some in there about both Catalonia and the Basque. Any chance these were univeristy recommended textbooks? Can't fathom any other reason why they're upwards of £50 on Amazon.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2016 21:01:13 GMT
Nope but they're quite often cited in dissertations and essays so I'm guessing that'll be it
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Post by daveyposhboy on Jul 10, 2016 10:49:23 GMT
Engleby is great. Didn't enjoy it as much as Birdsong or the Girl at the Lion D'or, as far as Faulks goes, but glad I got around to it.
Flowers for Algernon and The Bell Jar up next. Bundle of laughs, me.
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Post by notpropaganda on Jul 10, 2016 11:22:31 GMT
Flowers for Algernon is such a brilliant idea I've been trying to write a script about Alzheimers with that as inspiration
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Post by daveyposhboy on Aug 3, 2016 16:01:14 GMT
Flowers for Algernon is such a brilliant idea I've been trying to write a script about Alzheimers with that as inspiration It's still gathering dust on my bedside table, unfortunately. Went for Love in the Time of Cholera, rather than ..Solitude, as my first taste of Gabriel García Márquez and it's amazing. Such a smooth reading motherfucker.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Aug 24, 2016 19:14:56 GMT
Got through The New Spaniards a while back, another very good back that details all aspects of modern Spain and how they've got to where they are now since the Franco years.
Then finished Rocky, book about David Rocastle just this week, not sure if it was because it was a really good read or deceptively short but I really enjoyed it and now fully appreciate why he's so loved by our fans. Brilliantly written too, chapters alternate between his Arsenal career and his career thereafter.
Just onto a Michael Calvin book about football managers that two chapters in is already really good. So much so that earlier I picked up his other book about football scouts and also Zlatan's autobiography, £3 each.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Sept 18, 2016 12:29:06 GMT
That Michael Calvin book on football managers was brilliant, so much insight into managers, their working practice, the perils of the job and their life outside of football (the little of it they enjoy) across different levels.
Thought Ibrahimovic's book was a very good read but paints him as a gigantic dickhead imo.
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