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Pagan Spain

Pagan Spain

Pagan Spain Paperback - 2008

by Richard Wright

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HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Pagan Spain
  • Author Richard Wright
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date 2008
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0061450197I4N00
  • ISBN 9780061450198 / 0061450197
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 6.14 x 0.87 in (20.37 x 15.60 x 2.21 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: Spanish
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Black History
  • Category Travel - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century, African American authors
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008002099
  • Dewey Decimal Code 914.604
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

A master chronicler of the African-American experience, Richard Wright brilliantly expanded his literary horizons with Pagan Spain, originally published in 1957. An amalgam of expert travel reportage, dramatic monologue, and arresting sociological critique, Pagan Spain serves as a pointed and still-relevant commentary on the grave human dangers of oppression and governmental corruption.

The Spain Richard Wright visited in the mid-twentieth century was not the romantic locale of song and story, but a place of tragic beauty and dangerous contradictions. The portrait he offers in Pagan Spain is a blistering, powerful, yet scrupulously honest depiction of a land and people in turmoil, caught in the strangling dual grip of cruel dictatorship and what Wright saw as an undercurrent of primitive faith.

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In torrid August, 1954, I was under the blue skies of the Midi, just a few hours from the Spanish frontier.

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A master chronicler of the African-American experience, Richard Wright brilliantly expanded his literary horizons with Pagan Spain, originally published in 1957. The Spain he visited in the mid-twentieth century was not the romantic locale of song and story, but a place of tragic beauty and dangerous contradictions. The portrait he offers is a blistering, powerful, yet scrupulously honest depiction of a land and people in turmoil, caught in the strangling dual grip of cruel dictatorship and what Wright saw as an undercurrent of primitive faith. An amalgam of expert travel reportage, dramatic monologue, and arresting sociological critique, Pagan Spain serves as a pointed and still-relevant commentary on the grave human dangers of oppression and governmental corruption.

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2008, Page 56

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