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by Gerald Brenan (Author) "IT was in September 1919 that I went to Spain for the first time ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (30 Jul 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140167005
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140167009
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Cyril Connolly, Sunday Times
The best of Brenan's books: he has a true and proper knowledge of the culture he describes' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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`A brilliant interpreter of Spain to the rest of the world'
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Facinating Reading, 16 Jan 2003
By Ken Murray (UK) - See all my reviews
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Intoxicating account of Mr Brenan's arrival and adventures in the Alpujarra, Andalucia in the 1920's. After all these years, his observations and humour still strike a chord. Even if you are visiting the Costa Del Sol on for the sun or golf, read this for an insight to the "real" Spain and its history - just few miles inland.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SOUTH FROM GRANADA BY GERALD BRENAN, 23 Sep 2002
By Mr J K Mallabone (Gloucester, Gloucestershire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This book has to be a must for anyone living or travelling in the southern most parts of Spain. It clearly paints a picture of the life and times of a nation and its people, who in a short period of time have moved from a society living in part, a medievial life style, through to civil war, and the threshold of the modern state Spain has become today.

Brenan tells a tale of village life,and of the people who lived there, and records their folk-lores, customs and history; and also of the visitors to his home, Virginia Wolf, Dora Carrington, Lytton Strachey and Augustus John, and of their connections within the Bloomsbury group.

The places are real, they are still there, and through this book a modern day visitor can travel back in time and with just a little imagination, recreate those the scenes and passions of 80 years ago; of Yeger, the village for severn years his home, and of the cities of Granada and Almeria and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada.
It is a delightful book full of colour and once started you may find very difficult to put down.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A true taste of old Spain., 25 Jun 2007
By C. Lamb (UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a true classic from Gerald Brenan. After WW1 the author was close to breakdown, desperate to experience poetry and literature and the recipient of a small war pension. His solution was to travel to a remote village in the South of Spain, take 2000 books and soak in the atmosphere and learn how to love once again. His journey is understated, educated, intelligent and human.

It is no picture book. It is a true snapshot taken through the eyes of a would-be Bloomsbury boy who had experienced the Empire, the Somme and physical illness and who then decided to actually pay attention to the world sarrounding him.

Brenans description of the personalities, geography, love affairs and society he encounters are glorious to me. There is no vanity or laziness in the writing. As his lifestyle is stripped to necessities so is his writing. Yet it is free and beautiful and evocative in many places. So many modern travel writers try to recreate life as a gaudy, filter-enhanced, postcard picture of the places they are subsidised to visit. Gerald Brenan captures a clear, gentle, colour snap of his life spent in Yegen during a period of time when black and white was all the camera could capture. Perhaps that is the reason it seems to have been so important for him to record it faithfully.
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5.0 out of 5 stars South from Granada by Gerald Brenan
I bought this as a present for a friend. I read it a few years ago. Excellent account of living in Alpajarras area of Andalucia in 1920s Spain. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Peter C Saunders

5.0 out of 5 stars Visceral travel literature
I read this book before spending three weeks in Granada with the weekends in the Alpujarras. I have never been better prepared by a piece of fiction for a holiday. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2006 by Mr. D. M. Swanson

5.0 out of 5 stars A thoroughly enjoyable read
This is an excellent book - As I'm going to the area, I thought I'll indulge in some light reading - It adds to the excitement. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2006 by Wai-Cheung Pang

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!!!
Excellent book for those that are in academics, and also for recreation.
Published on 15 Mar 2004 by miguel

3.0 out of 5 stars South From Granada
If you're looking for a travel guide of the Sierra Nevada, then this book isn't it. It's Gerald Brenan's account of his experiences of village life in the Alpujarra (near... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2003 by Mr. S. R. Heneker

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