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BOOKS
Theselectionofbooksreviewedbelowprovidesusefulbackgroundonthecity'shistory,
people and institutions. Despite a long pedigree, Catalan literature is hard to find in
translation,thoughnovelssetinBarcelonaby(mostlyforeign)authorsprovideafeelof
thecitypastandpresent.InBarcelona,mostofthemajor
bookshops
carryEnglish-lan-
guageguidesandtitlesaboutthecity;orlookinthemuseumbookshops(particularlyin
MNAC,MACBA,CaixaForum,MuseuPicassoandFundacióJoanMiró)forbookson
art, design and architecture. The online literary magazine
barcelonareview.com
has
plenty in the archive on Spanish and Catalan writers, art, culture and life, and there's
also the very useful Lletra (
lletra.net
), an excellent online resource (in English) for
Catalan literature.
