Los dos mensajes del Islam

A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert 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...

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Sus héroes son solitarios de frontera, de gatillo fácil, pocas palabras y destino incierto, condenados a caer disparando en el bando de los derrotados; y quizá no sepa hasta qué punto es ésa la imagen que tenemos de él sus amigos. Francisco Segarra —Paco, Pakez para los admiradores, el Coronel para sus fieles— es una voz que clama en el desierto de la modernidad, aunque cambia feliz la miel silvestre por un buen lingotazo de Justerini&Brooks; un viejo profeta de los de antes del que a veces sospecho que ama tanto la contradicción como la pelea. Es el niño que grita en el desfile...