España interminable : Crónicas de un viajero

“Spain has fascinated me since the early 1950s, if only because in those days the country still belonged to another world.” This is how Cees Nooteboom, one of the most versatile and erudite authors of our time, reflects at the beginning of this book. This collection of his best articles about the Iberian Peninsula is a valuable testament to the bond that united the Dutch writer with Spanish culture, and to what it meant in his life and work. A paradigm of the tireless and enthusiastic traveler, one who immerses himself in the atmosphere of the places he visits and delights in meeting their people, Nooteboom, over sixty-five years of continuous travel throughout Spain, captured the soul of the country, marveling at the stark contrasts and the profound transformation it has undergone since the 1950s. In his lucid and personal chronicles, he takes us to Francoist Spain, to the vast landscapes of the interior, and to coastal towns teeming with tourists. But he also pays homage to his favorite Spanish writers and painters, and analyzes how those talents defined the course of European and Latin American cultural history.