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We have a number of very interesting interviews about books on Spain. Journalist and broadcaster Jason Webster chooses his best books on the country, choosing a diverse range of books, including a 12th-century adventure story from Moorish Spain, the film-maker Luis Bunuel’s autobiography, works by Fredrico Garcia Lorca and the Spanish Second World War double-agent, Juan Pujol. Across all of these he detects a unifying, very Spanish, irrational or surrealist imagination.

Meanwhile Paul Preston, historian and biographer of Franco, chooses his best books on the Spanish Civil War, including books dedicated to Guernica and the mysterious death of Fredrico Lorca, as well as more general surveys of the conflict. The cook, Samantha Clark, talks about her love of Spanish and Moorish cooking and how the fusion of the two inspired her London restaurant, Moro. And Benny Lewis, a polyglot who runs the website Fluent in 3 Months, chooses his best books on learning Spanish.

There are plenty of other interviews and books that touch on Spain and Spanish themes elsewhere on the site, for instance, George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia and Hemmingway's works or that relate to well known Spaniards, such as the artists Pablo Picasso and Goya.

The Spanish literature canon includes "the greatest novel of the European tradition" Don Quixote and poetry by Federico García Lorca. For more contemporary literature we have the best Catalan fiction.

    The Best Catalan Fiction, recommended by Gala Sicart

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    The Best Catalan Fiction - Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda, Martha Tennent (translator)

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    Death in Spring
    by Mercè Rodoreda, Martha Tennent (translator)

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    The Best Catalan Fiction - Learning to Talk to Plants by Marta Orriols, Mara Faye Lethem (translator)

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    Learning to Talk to Plants
    by Marta Orriols, Mara Faye Lethem (translator)

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    The Best Catalan Fiction - The Art of Wearing a Trench Coat by Sergi Pàmies, Adrian Nathan West (translator)

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    The Art of Wearing a Trench Coat
    by Sergi Pàmies, Adrian Nathan West (translator)

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    The Best Catalan Fiction - Permafrost by Eva Baltasar & Julia Sanches (translator)

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    Permafrost
    by Eva Baltasar & Julia Sanches (translator)

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    The Best Catalan Fiction - When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà & Mara Faye Lethem (translator)

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    When I Sing, Mountains Dance
    by Irene Solà & Mara Faye Lethem (translator)

  • The Best Catalan Fiction - Death in Spring by Mercè Rodoreda, Martha Tennent (translator)
  • The Best Catalan Fiction - Learning to Talk to Plants by Marta Orriols, Mara Faye Lethem (translator)
  • The Best Catalan Fiction - The Art of Wearing a Trench Coat by Sergi Pàmies, Adrian Nathan West (translator)
  • The Best Catalan Fiction - Permafrost by Eva Baltasar & Julia Sanches (translator)
  • The Best Catalan Fiction - When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà & Mara Faye Lethem (translator)

The Best Catalan Fiction, recommended by Gala Sicart

For a long time, Catalan fiction was eclipsed by books in Spanish but these days it’s flourishing, says translator and editor Gala Sicart. Here, she recommends four of the best contemporary Catalan novels and one book of short stories, from the classic Mercè Rodoreda to her 21st-century equivalent.

The Best Catalan Fiction, recommended by Gala Sicart

    The Best Books for Learning Spanish, recommended by Benny Lewis

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    The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Complete Spanish: A Teach Yourself Program by Juan Kattan-Ibarra

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    Complete Spanish: A Teach Yourself Program
    by Juan Kattan-Ibarra

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    The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Short Stories in Spanish: New Penguin Parallel Text ed. John L King

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    Short Stories in Spanish: New Penguin Parallel Text
    ed. John L King

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    The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners by Olly Richards

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    Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners
    by Olly Richards

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    The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Mastering Spanish Vocabulary by Axel J Navarro Ramil & Jose Maria Navarro

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    Mastering Spanish Vocabulary
    by Axel J Navarro Ramil & Jose Maria Navarro

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    The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Lonely Planet Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary by Cristina Hernandez Montero & Marta Lopez

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    Lonely Planet Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary
    by Cristina Hernandez Montero & Marta Lopez

  • The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Complete Spanish: A Teach Yourself Program by Juan Kattan-Ibarra
  • The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Short Stories in Spanish: New Penguin Parallel Text ed. John L King
  • The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners by Olly Richards
  • The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Mastering Spanish Vocabulary by Axel J Navarro Ramil & Jose Maria Navarro
  • The Best Books for Learning Spanish - Lonely Planet Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary by Cristina Hernandez Montero & Marta Lopez

The Best Books for Learning Spanish, recommended by Benny Lewis

Which are the best books for learning Spanish? Benny Lewis, polyglot and author of the popular language-learning blog Fluent in Three Months, recommends his top five. He explains why beginners should be wary of grammar, and why forcing yourself to make mistakes is the key to success in any language.

The Best Books for Learning Spanish, recommended by Benny Lewis

    The best books on The Spanish Civil War, recommended by Paul Preston

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    The best books on The Spanish Civil War - The Spanish Civil War by Helen Graham

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    The Spanish Civil War
    by Helen Graham

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    The best books on The Spanish Civil War - Life and Death of the Spanish Republic by Henry Buckley

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    Life and Death of the Spanish Republic
    by Henry Buckley

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    The best books on The Spanish Civil War - The Assassination of Federico García Lorca by Ian Gibson

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    The Assassination of Federico García Lorca
    by Ian Gibson

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    The best books on The Spanish Civil War - Guernica! Guernica! by Herbert R Southworth

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    Guernica! Guernica!
    by Herbert R Southworth

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    The best books on The Spanish Civil War - The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas

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    The Spanish Civil War
    by Hugh Thomas

  • The best books on The Spanish Civil War - The Spanish Civil War by Helen Graham
  • The best books on The Spanish Civil War - Life and Death of the Spanish Republic by Henry Buckley
  • The best books on The Spanish Civil War - The Assassination of Federico García Lorca by Ian Gibson
  • The best books on The Spanish Civil War - Guernica! Guernica! by Herbert R Southworth
  • The best books on The Spanish Civil War - The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas

The best books on The Spanish Civil War, recommended by Paul Preston

It was a bloody conflict that divided Spain and drew in Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. Later, it inspired great works of art and literature. An eminent historian of the period tells us why it continues to fascinate him

The best books on The Spanish Civil War, recommended by Paul Preston

    The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking, recommended by Samantha Clark

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    The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden

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    The Food of Spain
    by Claudia Roden

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    The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - Mediterranean Grains and Greens by Paula Wolfert

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    Mediterranean Grains and Greens
    by Paula Wolfert

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    The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - The Rural Taste of Lebanon by Chérine Yazbeck

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    The Rural Taste of Lebanon
    by Chérine Yazbeck

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    The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - New Tapas by Fiona Dunlop

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    New Tapas
    by Fiona Dunlop

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    The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - The Spanish Kitchen by Nicholas Butcher

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    The Spanish Kitchen
    by Nicholas Butcher

  • The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden
  • The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - Mediterranean Grains and Greens by Paula Wolfert
  • The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - The Rural Taste of Lebanon by Chérine Yazbeck
  • The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - New Tapas by Fiona Dunlop
  • The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking - The Spanish Kitchen by Nicholas Butcher

The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking, recommended by Samantha Clark

Samantha Clark, co-founder of the award-winning restaurant Moro, tells us about the camper van trip to Morocco that inspired her, and why we should all get acquainted with chicharrones and calzots!

The best books on Spanish and Moorish Cooking, recommended by Samantha Clark

    The best books on Spain, recommended by Jason Webster

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    The best books on Spain - The Journey of the Soul by Ibn Tufail & translation by Dr Riad Kocache

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    The Journey of the Soul
    by Ibn Tufail & translation by Dr Riad Kocache

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    The best books on Spain - My Last Sigh by Luis Buñuel

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    My Last Sigh
    by Luis Buñuel

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    The best books on Spain - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee

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    As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
    by Laurie Lee

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    The best books on Spain - Deep Song and Other Prose by Federico García Lorca

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    Deep Song and Other Prose
    by Federico García Lorca

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    The best books on Spain - Operation Garbo by Juan Pujol with Nigel West

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    Operation Garbo
    by Juan Pujol with Nigel West

  • The best books on Spain - The Journey of the Soul by Ibn Tufail & translation by Dr Riad Kocache
  • The best books on Spain - My Last Sigh by Luis Buñuel
  • The best books on Spain - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee
  • The best books on Spain - Deep Song and Other Prose by Federico García Lorca
  • The best books on Spain - Operation Garbo by Juan Pujol with Nigel West

The best books on Spain, recommended by Jason Webster

From the book Robinson Crusoe was based on to surrealist filmmakers, Jason Webster chooses five books that illustrate the power of the Spanish imagination.

The best books on Spain, recommended by Jason Webster

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