{"product_id":"9781035054879","title":"Homage to Barcelona : Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Toibin, Colm \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSpain\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 March 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Picador Collection' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 15 | 166g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColm Tóibín's Homage to Barcelona celebrates one of Europe’s greatest cities – a cosmopolitan hub of vibrant architecture, art, culture and nightlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt moves from the story of the city’s founding and its huge expansion in the nineteenth century to the lives of Gaudí, Miró, Picasso, Casals and Dalí. It also explores the history of Catalan nationalism, the tragedy of the Civil War, the Franco years and the transition from dictatorship to democracy which Colm Tóibín witnessed in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and beguiling portrait of a unique Mediterranean port and an adopted home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55050412392823,"sku":"9781035054879","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781035054879.jpg?v=1742482791","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781035054879","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}