Barcelona

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.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

• Homage to Barcelona
• DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Barcelona and Catalonia
• Barcelona the Great Enchantress (Directions)
• The Shadow of the Wind
• Rick Steves Pocket Barcelona
• Homage to Catalonia
• Don Quixote
• Madrid: The History
• Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture
• The Silk Roads: A New History of the World