{"product_id":"100-places-in-spain-every-woman-should-go-paperback","title":"100 Places in Spain Every Woman Should Go - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Harris began visiting Spain shortly after the death of dictator Francisco Franco and has witnessed the country's renaissance in art, culture, and cuisine as it rejoined Europe. Drawing on three decades of intimate acquaintance with the country, she leads readers along twisting mountain roads, down to the docks of fishing villages, into the shoe outlets of Elche, and out to the muddy saffron fields of La Mancha. She takes you down city streets of Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla, and San Sebastian to dark flamenco clubs, sybaritic public baths, endlessly inventive tapas bars, design shops full of mantillas and fans, and into a brightly tiled chocolater a for hot chocolate and churros at 3 a.m. She explores the art from Vel zquez to Picasso, architecture from the phantasmagorical vision of Antoni Gaud 's Sagrada Familia to the cool suspension spans of Santiago Calatrava. She tells the tales of some formidable Spanish women, from a fourth-century B.C. goddess to a queen who wrested Spain from the Moors, to the twenty-first-century winemakers who elevated Spain's Toro and Rueda onto the world stage. Literary, sexy, whimsical, and even spiritual, \u003ci\u003e100 Places in Spain Every Woman Should Go\u003c\/i\u003e is for the smart and curious traveler who wants to see Spain, her way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Harris\u003c\/b\u003e travels the world researching books and articles about travel, food, and the arts for a variety of U.S. and British publications. But she returns again and again to Spain, partly because she likes the person she becomes there--the one who stays out late at flamenco clubs, walks windswept beaches, dances the \u003ci\u003esardana\u003c\/i\u003e in front of Barcelona's cathedral, and eats a thousand delicacies she probably wouldn't have tried at home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA former arts administrator who directed funding for theater, dance, and the visual arts, she loves the anguished angular faces of Catalan Gothic saints, the enigma of pure color on a Miró canvas, the pulsing rhythms of flamenco song and dance, the buffoonery of \u003ci\u003ezarzuela\u003c\/i\u003e, and the poignant passion of \u003ci\u003eCarmen\u003c\/i\u003e. Her kitchen cabinets are full of smoked Spanish paprika, Spanish saffron, and bags of a special sea salt from the Costa Brava that she buys in Spanish supermarkets for less than one euro per kilo. She lives in Cambridge, MA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770719207712,"sku":"9781609521196","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7251d3494db8c3d8c584d1ec9780ed64.webp?v=1780377591","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/100-places-in-spain-every-woman-should-go-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}