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Tag: Barcelona

Homage to Barcelona – Colm Tóibín

On November 9, 2016December 27, 2016 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

I bought Homage to Barcelona together with Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell in preparation for my vacation in Spain. Never having read anything by Colm Toibin, and recently back from my trip to Ireland I got tempted to start with this one. The result is that Homage to Catalonia is still unread, over a month …

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