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Cargando... Lisbon: A Cultural and Literary Companion (Cities of the Imagination) (2003)por Paul Buck
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Lisbona è una città straordinaria, ma nel libro di Buck è maggiormente capace di ammaliare. Non sono solo le descrizioni di monumenti, chiese, piazze, locali a emozionarci, specie se si conosce già la capitale o se si legge in libro in situ, troviamo anche una serie di preziose "istantanee" letterarie, riferimenti a viaggiatori eccezionali in transito o di stanza a Lisbona: Thomas Mann, Eric Maria Remarque, Simone de Beauvoir che l'hanno descritta e commentata. Il testo è ricchissimo: accoglie anche racconti su Cesaria Evora, Amalia Rodriguez, Fernando Pessoa, le esperienze di Wenders impegnato in Lisbon Story, e del gruppo dei Madredeus, c'è perfino un tocco di lirismo dedicato meritatamente alla celebre pastelaria di Belem sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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After leaving the river our tour guide takes us to central Lisbon, the heart and oldest section of the city, and introduces us to its preeminent writer, the poet and novelist Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), whose sculpture is featured outside of his favorite meeting place, the Café a Brasileira in the Chiado neighborhood. As we "walk" through these neighborhoods Buck introduces us to several of the city's other authors, in particular the Nobel laureate José Saramago, Teolinda Gersão and Antonio Tabucchi, who was born in Italy but spent most of his life in Lisbon. We view the city from several miradouros, designated vantage points on one of the city's numerous hills, visit the Jardim Botânico (Botanical Garden), with its hundreds of topical plants, and the Gulbenkian Museum, where we learn about two major modern artists, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva and Paula Rego, go to a fado house and listen to singers influenced by Amália Rodrigues and hopefully hear morna, the music from Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique, watch a jazz set in the tiny Hot Clube, and finish with a meal of bacalhau (salted cod) and port wine in an all night restaurant. On subsequent days Buck takes us to the other major neighborhoods to the north, east and west, along with the historically important towns of Bélem and Sintra.
Lisbon: A Cultural and Literary Companion is a superb introduction to the Portuguese capital, particularly for first time visitors like myself who are interested in its history, culture and vibe. Paul Buck's portrayal of Lisbon is affectionate and enticing without being overly effusive, and I plan to go through this book once more before I make my first visit to the city next month. ( )