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| Posts: 551 | Location: Madrid | Registered: 20 July 2003 |  |
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"The New Spaniards" is an interesting look at Spanish society from about the early 80's (I like to think of the eighties in Spain like the 60's in the U.S.A., in terms of the "excesses" to the late nineties. I liked the book and could relate to alot of what was written in the book. Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.82 x 7.78 x 5.10 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); (September 1995) ISBN: 0140131914 Average Customer Review: Based on 8 reviews. Write a review. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 23,972
y desde el club de los humildes rescatar aquellos besos que he tirado sin amar
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| Posts: 308 | Location: Florida, U.S.A. | Registered: 17 August 2003 | |
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I concur: The New Spaniards is a very accurate, very complete, yet very readable account of recent and not so recent Spanish history and culture--Totally buy it!
"I have climbed the highest mountain, I have run through the fields...And I still haven't found what I'm looking for..."
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| Posts: 82 | Location: MADRID!!! | Registered: 08 January 2003 | |
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Someone tell me more about Driving Over Lemons and the other book. What r they about? Thanks.
y desde el club de los humildes rescatar aquellos besos que he tirado sin amar
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| Posts: 308 | Location: Florida, U.S.A. | Registered: 17 August 2003 | |
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TJ, Driving over Lemons and a Parrot in the Pepper Tree are written by a guy who moved to the Albujarras (sp?) and writes about life amongst the "locals", and the old finca he bought. His claim to fame is that he was actually a member of the band Genesis for a short while. The books are light reading, enjoyable and then easily forgotten!!! Well, IMO anyway! But I did enjoy them!
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| Posts: 1817 | Location: Montaña Blanca, Lanzarote | Registered: 02 March 2002 | |
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>Elucidate I would if I knew what it meant?!!?? Something to do with the wacky backy??
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| Posts: 551 | Location: Madrid | Registered: 20 July 2003 | |
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I think the 'New Spaniards' latest edition goes past 1992, at least it talks about post-expo and olympic years a little. it would be interesting to see another up to date edition come out.
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| Posts: 7 | Location: Sevilla, Spain | Registered: 26 September 2003 | |
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| Posts: 551 | Location: Madrid | Registered: 20 July 2003 | |
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Much thanks to everyone, I will definitely get my butt over to Amazon!
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| Posts: 321 | Location: NYC to Paris to Madrid!!!!! | Registered: 21 August 2003 | |
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