Walking the Lions
$18.74
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2017
Summary
Walking the Lions: Unearthing Catalan Secrets
When New Yorker Alex Nadal inherits his aunt’s farm near Barcelona, he is more than intrigued. First, because his aunt appears to have died twice - once at the end of the Spanish Civil War and again sixty years later - and secondly because he is curious about his Catalan roots, about which his father has always maintained a stony silence.
But his arrival on Spanish soil is not a prodigal’s return; indeed, he is made to feel very …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472127389 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472127382 |
| Author: | Stephen Burgen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 162mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
An assured and absorbing first novel with a background of Barcelona so vivid you can almost touch it
An assured and absorbing first novel with a background of Barcelona so vivid you can almost touch it - The Telegraph
There is a great deal to like in this sophisticated novel… (Burgen’s) touch is light, though the theme is dark - Catalonia TodayCaptures the vibrancy, tensions and flavours of the Spanish city while giving us a well written and intriguing mystery - Manchester Evening NewsBoth a love letter and a character study of Barcelona, woven into a classic suspense plot - January MagazineBurgen… does a fine job paying homage to Catalonia in his first novel - Publishers WeeklyAbout The Author
Stephen Burgen
Stephen Burgen lived in Canada until he was eleven, when his family returned to Britain. He first visited Barcelona in the 1970s and settled there in 2001 as the Spanish correspondent for The Times. In recent years he has worked as a freelance journalist, contributing regularly to the Guardian.
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