| Feeling the Heat: A Decade as a Foreign Correspondent in Spain -- From the Financial Crisis to the Pandemic Contributor(s): Minder, Raphael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1789761492 ISBN-13: 9781789761498 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - Political Science |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Raphael Minder landed in Madrid in 2010 to cover Spain for The New York Times just as the dark clouds of the financial crisis were about to burst into a full-fledged euro debt storm. "A Decade as a Foreign Correspondent" follows the turbulent and momentous events that have reshaped the country's political landscape: a secessionist movement in Catalonia, the end of Spain's two-party system, and a desperate attempt to contain the coronavirus pandemic. With a correspondent's keen eye, this book takes the reader on an extraordinary journey of discovery - from the most remote corners of Spain, where an arid soil produces delicious truffles; to Moroccan hashish trafficked alongside migrants; to the historical repercussions of American nuclear bombs; and not least to the central square of Madrid, where Spain's radical left-wing movement was born. The book shines a light on Spain through colorful anecdotes that help explain the fraught present, as well as the charged past, of a nation that only returned to democracy in the 1970s. It offers an unbiased perspective on an emotionally-charged decade that has polarized Spain. |