{"product_id":"barcelona-isbn-9780679743835","title":"Barcelona","description":"A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fatal Shore\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eseny\u003c\/i\u003e—the Catalan word for triumphant common sense.\"Confirms . . . Mr. Hughes's authority as a first-rate chronicler and historian. The book is destined to become, like Forster's \u003ci\u003eAlexandria \u003c\/i\u003eand Mary McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eVenice Observed\u003c\/i\u003e, a classic.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Authoritative, carefully researched, and full of insights into the city's great heritage . . . his judgments are full of tolerant and good-humored fascination. . . . There is no single volume in either Catalan or Spanish that approaches this book in scope or detail...a superb achievement and a great pleasure to read.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant...an extraordinary book that combines history, criticism of the arts and architecture, and a profound sympathy for the moral essence of a people.\" —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003eRobert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. In 1970 he moved to the United States to become chief art critic for \u003ci\u003eTime,\u003c\/i\u003e a position he held until 2001. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing if Not Critical, The Culture of Complaint, Barcelona, Goya, Things I Didn’t Know,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRome\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a New York Public Library Literary Lion, and was the recipient of a number of literary awards and prizes, including two Frank Jewett-Mather Awards. He is widely held as the most respected art critic of our time.National Bestseller Author of The Fatal Shore","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304761217253,"sku":"NP9780679743835","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679743835.jpg?v=1767722162","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/barcelona-isbn-9780679743835","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}