Blogs in January 1970

Fiesta: The Sun also Rises 1st January 1970

Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistibly beautiful, but with an abandoned, sensuous nature that she cannot change. When the couple...

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For Whom The Bell Tolls 1st January 1970

Hemingway covered the Civil War in 1937 and in response wrote this novel. Set in the mountains of Spain, it deals with antifascist guerrillas, loyalty, courage and love.

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A Late Dinner 1st January 1970

This is more than just a book about food. It is a cultural journey, a travel memoir, a look at the national psyche, generally informative and interesting look at Spain the place of food within society.

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The Shadow of the Wind 1st January 1970

It is Barcelona, 1945, post war, and a boy, Daniel awakes and can no longer remember his Mother’s face. Daniel’s widowed father, who deals in antiquarian books, introduces him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books – each book waiting...

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The Good Suicides 1st January 1970

Young, free and … dead Senior staff at Alemany Cosmetics company come home with a secret after a team-building course in a remote country house. Now, they are committing suicide, one by one. Soon, they may all be dead....

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