Thursday 1 December 2016

I'm planning an adventure! I want to follow in the footsteps of the socialist writer, Juan Goytisolo, who spent three days in 1954 walking through the Cabo de Gata, the poorest and most deprived region of Spain under Franco's rule, and then wrote a book, Campos de Níjar (Níjar Country), published in 1960 which was banned in Spain by Franco. Needless to say, as I'm disabled, I won't be walking (!) but I intend to visit many of the places he walked through and talk to the people who live there, just as he did (if my Spanish is up to it - it will be a challenge! Good practice for me). The area is still quite poor although it has changed dramatically since 1954.

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  1. Truly beautiful landscapes, amazing photographs. Apart from the aggro with the lurgy and some rain (we had a shortage of lettuce from Spain here in England, causing supermarket rationing), I can see that you and S. are really in love with this country.

    I am glad you had lovely time and managed to take such wonderful pictures and write a very interest blog.

    I can see Goytisolo resonates with you - when I looked it up on Amazon, there was very little, so nice to be introduced to a new author.

    Welcome back to England.

    Best wishes - Christina G

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