South from Granada
Autobiographical book by Gerald Brenan
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South from Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village is an autobiographical book by Gerald Brenan, first published in 1957.
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| Author | Gerald Brenan |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Travel Literature |
| Published | 1957 |
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Brenan, a fringe member of the Bloomsbury Group, settled in Spain in 1920,[1] and lived there on and off for the rest of his life.[2] The book is an example of travel literature, mixing an autobiographical account of his life in Yegen, the village where he found his first home in Spain,[1] with detailed background information about the Alpujarras region of Andalusia. He describes visits to his home by Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, and Dora Carrington,[3] and also devotes space to Spanish prehistory, particularly the Millaran culture.
Film version
South from Granada has been adapted into a film, Al sur de Granada (2003), directed by Fernando Colomo. The film includes some biographical material not in the original book.
