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What is The Face of Spain about?

Gerald Brenan returned to Spain in 1949 for the first time since the Civil War. He was determined to see what had become of the country he loved, to speak to ordinary people and to experience life in small towns unvisited by foreigners. He had earlier lived in a remote village in the Sierra Nevada —now he returned to a land in the grip of famine where *guerrilleros* roamed the mountains and thousands of people were reduced to living in caves. Whether searching for his friend Lorca's unmarked grave, musing on the history of the great mosque in Cordoba and old synagogues in Toledo or chatting to provincial shopkeepers, Brenan was unfailingly perceptive. Although shadowed by police informers and harangued by Francoist priests, he was undeterred, and this witty and humane account of his visit illuminates a chapter of Spanish history that remains almost unknown. Franco's regime has now vanished, but its ghosts continue to haunt Spain. When they were still alive, no one described the ogres and their victims more vividly than Gerald Brenan.

Who reads The Face of Spain?

Author

Gerald Brennan

Publisher

London: Serif

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781897959510

Category

travel

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction, Travel

Rating

3.86 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14