We have a number of very interesting interviews 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 or that relate to well known Spaniards, such as the artists Pablo Picasso and Goya.
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Complete Spanish: A Teach Yourself Program
by Juan Kattan-Ibarra -
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Short Stories in Spanish: New Penguin Parallel Text
ed. John L King -
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Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners
by Olly Richards -
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Mastering Spanish Vocabulary
by Axel J Navarro Ramil & Jose Maria Navarro -
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Lonely Planet Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary
by Cristina Hernandez Montero & Marta Lopez
The Best Books for Learning Spanish, recommended by Benny Lewis
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.
