Give books as Christmas presents
The Christmas festivities are a great opportunity to give books as gifts and visit your neighbourhood bookshops. Here is a list of our recommendations for books about Barcelona. Hot-off-the-press and popular titles so that you can enjoy reading about Barcelona this Christmas.
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Darrere les persianes
Isabel Franc (script) and Rosa Navarro (illustrations)Two young master’s degree students set out to research and document the history of lesbian life in Barcelona when they realise how this narrative has been silenced.
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Soc la Dolors Aleu
Ana Montserrat Rosell (text) and Marta Barceló García (illustration)Soc la Dolors Aleu is a posthumous, and therefore fictional, diary that reveals the fascinating life of the Barcelona-born woman who became Spain’s first female doctor.
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Rebel·lió: La vaga de lloguers del 1931 (second edition)
Anapurna (illustration) and Francisco Sánchez (script)In 1931, Barcelona witnessed its first historic protest for decent housing conditions: the rent strike of thousands of working-class families.
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Drawing Barcelona (second edition)
Urban Sketchers BarcelonaWith their individual styles, using ink, pencil and watercolours, urban artists - known as sketchers - capture the living, breathing city and invite us to admire its beauty.
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Pere Calders. Escriptor i dibuixant
Julià GuillamonThis book reveals a little-known side of Calders as a cartoonist and graphic designer, presenting previously unpublished drawings by the writer.
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Hiperrevolucionaris i supergais
João França and Adrià Rodríguez CastellóThis publication tells the story, closeted no more, of La Pluma magazine and the CCAG, a a group which played a key role in the fight for gay rights in late 1970s Barcelona.
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100 objectes d’IKEA que ens hagués agradat tenir a VINÇON
Juli CapellaFollowing an exhibition devoted to VINÇON, Fernando Amat, the heart and soul of the brand, reveals the 100 IKEA items he would have loved to have.
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Los papeles de Tierno Galván
Àlex MasllorensThe story of rivalry and cooperation between Tierno Galván’s Madrid and Serra and Maragall’s Barcelona comes to light.
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La Barcelona fotografiada de Ginés Cuesta
Ginés Cuesta (photography) and Isabel Segura i Soriano (text)A tribute to the work of an all-too-overlooked photographer who will be anonymous no longer, this book takes us on a journey through the everyday beauty of the Verdun neighbourhood and all of Barcelona.
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Gegants i gegantes de Barcelona. 52 retallables (second edition)
Nico Alonso (text), Laia Berloso (illustration) and La Japonesa (design)Learn all about gegants, or festive giant figures, while playing with these 52 paper cut-outs.
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Sketching Barcelona
LapinIn this large illustrated book, Lapin takes urban sketching to new heights to show the city’s daily life and ongoing transformation.
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Barcelona esgrafiada (second edition)
Lluís DuranThis book invites us to take a walk and discover ‘the skin of architecture’ and nearly 150 sgraffito designs decorating the city’s façades.