www.fourfourtwo.com2 months agoJavaScriptQuiz! Can you name every single La Liga champion ever?La Liga began in 1929 with dominance from major clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona. [ more ]
The New York Review of Books6 months agoWritingIn the Streets of Barcelona | Colm ToibinJuan Goytisolo recalls the moment he watched footage of the aerial bombing of Barcelona in 1938, in which his mother was killed. Three of Julia Gay's children, including Juan Goytisolo, became influential Spanish writers. [ more ]
The New York Review of Books6 months agoWritingIn the Streets of Barcelona | Colm ToibinJuan Goytisolo's mother was killed in the bombing of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. Three of Julia Gay's children became successful writers. [ more ]
english.elpais.com7 months agoWritingA final verse in the trenches: armed poets who died for a causeThe Armed Esthete is a book about poet-warriors who fought in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. These poet-warriors were fascinated by utopias and attracted to the epic of tragedy. The Spanish Civil War was a significant event that influenced the armed esthetes of Europe. [ more ]