false 94797 5 <div><div>The appearance, more than sixty years after the Spanish Civil War ended, of mass graves containing victims of Francisco Franco&#8217;s death squads finally broke what Spaniards call &#8220;the pact of forgetting&#8221;&#8212;the unwritten understanding that their recent, painful past was best left unexplored. At this charged moment, Giles Tremlett embarked on a journey around the country and through its history to discover why some of Europe&#8217;s most voluble people have kept silent so long. <br><i> </i><br><i>Ghosts of Spain</i> is the fascinating result of that journey. In elegant and passionate prose, Tremlett unveils the tinderbox of disagreements that mark the country today. Delving into such emotional questions as who caused the Civil War, why Basque terrorists kill, why Catalans hate Madrid, and whether the Islamist bombers who killed 190 people in 2004 dreamed of a return to Spain&#8217;s Moorish past, Tremlett finds the ghosts of the past everywhere. At the same time, he offers trenchant observations on more quotidian aspects of Spanish life today: the reasons, for example, Spaniards dislike authority figures, but are cowed by a doctor&#8217;s white coat, and how women have embraced feminism without men noticing. <br> <br>Drawing on the author&#8217;s twenty years of experience living in Spain, <i>Ghosts of Spain</i> is a revelatory book about one of Europe&#8217;s most exciting countries.</div></div> 91391 2006 Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through Spain and Its Secret Past total:127|5:18|4:67|3:34|2:7|1:1| 127 475 253 45 4 1 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 11:44:56 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 11:53:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 06 21:06:08 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 21:10:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 18 07:09:26 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 07:41:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 04:25:36 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 04:31:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 17 02:32:27 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 10:50:40 -0800 2009 1 This covers a wide range of subjects from Spain's history and culture: from the Civil War to national seperatists, the sex trade to package holidays ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 04:18:13 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 10:54:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 19 07:11:09 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 07:18:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 03 09:37:47 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 11:04:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 08:57:02 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 09:00:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 07:04:52 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 07:09:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 13 04:20:33 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 13 04:27:31 -0700 2007 It is especially informative abou...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 08 12:05:53 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 20:53:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Aug 13 21:49:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 21:50:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 17:02:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 17:03:51 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 27 18:51:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 18:43:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 21:12:41 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 13:31:03 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 27 02:47:57 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 02:48:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 13 11:50:42 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 11:56:03 -0800 2008 not done yet more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 05 21:09:37 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 21:10:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 12 14:30:28 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 11 13:49:29 -0800 2008 Overall, I think it was. I suppose I found it a bit dry, and maybe I'm not quite as interested as I thought in some of the detail, so ...more...]]>