Barcelona

Author: Hughes Robert

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $37.99 AUD
  • : 9781860468247
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : The Harvill Press
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  • : 0.418
  • : January 2001
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 37mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 35.0
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  • : Hughes Robert
  • : Panther Ser.
  • : BC
  • : 8-Feb
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  • : English
  • : 946.72
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  • : 688
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  • : 40 bw photographs
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Barcode 9781860468247
9781860468247

Description

Focusing on the architectural foundations of this extraordinary city, Robert Hughes' account of Barcelona's growth in relation to the region of Catalunya also features political, economic and military drama.

Promotion info

'This will certainly become the standard book on Barcelona - a superb achievement and a great pleasure to read' Colm Toibin

Author description

Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. Since 1970 he has lived and worked in the United States, where he has been Time magazine's art critic for more than twenty-five years. He is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work, including one from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Age Book of the Year Award for The Fatal Shore. Robert Hughes died in August 2012.