Barcelona, City of Books

Author/s
Isabel Segura i Soriano (Text) and Angela Bunning (Translator)
Collection
Barcelona Literary

This book relates one of the nicest stories about Barcelona; one which is little known and insightful. It tells the story of public spaces in the city, places where people come together, and are created and enhanced by the physical presence of books. The construction of the book-city, where Barcelona is a book. An edition with a collection of photographs of mobile libraries, reading parks and the city’s historic book fairs, as well as other subjects of interest. 

Society
History
Culture
Libraries
Literature
Public Space
Industry
Reading

Isabel Segura i Soriano

Isabel Segura i Soriano (Barcelona, 1954) is a historian, researcher and exhibition curator who specialises in the history of photography and feminism in Barcelona. Her books related to photography include La modernitat a la Barcelona dels cinquanta: Arquitectura industrial (2010), Barcelona en construcció: 1940-1970 (2017), Carme Garcia: Des del terrat (2018) and Barcelona: Fotògrafes/Fotógrafas (2020).

Technical Data

  • Publication language: English
  • Also available in: Catalan
  • Year: 2017
  • Pages: 212
  • Cover: Hardcover
  • Format: 21,5 x 25,5 cm
  • ISBN City Council: 978-84-9850-980-9
  • Publishing distributor: Xarxa de Llibres

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25.00€

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