Book description
Between 1920 and 1934, Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish
village of Yegen and
South of Granada
depicts his time there, vividly evoking the essence of his rural
surroundings and the Spanish way of life before the Civil War. Here he
portrays the landscapes, festivals and folk-lore of the Sierra Nevada,
the rivalries, romances and courtship rituals, village customs,
superstitions and characters. Fascinating details emerge, from cheap
brothels to archaeological remains, along with visits from Brenan s
friends from the Bloomsbury group Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf
among them. Knowledgeable, elegant and sympathetic, this is a rich
account of Spain s vanished past.
Gerald Brenan (1894-1987) was an
English writer who spent much of his life in Spain. He is best known
for The Spanish Labyrinth, a work of history on the background
to the Spanish Civil War and for South From Granada: Seven Years in
an Andalusian Village. He was awarded a CBE in 1982, and was
much honoured in Spain.
Chris Stewart is the author of Driving Over Lemons,
which told the story of how Chris set up home in Spain to farm
sheep and oranges and it went on to become an international
best-seller. The 'sort-of' sequel A Parrot In The Pepper Tree
followed in 2002 and continued the success of the first book. 2006 saw
the publication of Chris' third book The Almond Blossom Society.
