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Books on Valencia Spain
How to find a Bookshop in Valencia...
All about books on Valencia Spain...
There are many books on Valencia Spain and it's definitely a good idea to read up on Valencia before you get here.
  You'll enjoy Valencia much more if you get a Street Map of Valencia. Don't wait until you get here, buy it before you arrive and then you can plan your visit and won't get lost!
The Soriano Bookshop, Xàtiva, 15 -Tel: 96 351 0378 and The English Book Centre (Calle Pascual y Genís/Pascual i Genís 16 - Tel: 96 351 9288) are both very good.
There are three El Corte Inglés department stores in Calle Colón and the store in the centre has a good selection of books.
Casa del Libre is a lovely little bookshop just off Calle Colón in Passeig Russafa (Tel: 96 391 52 47). It has a cafè which comes in very handy when you feel like browsing for your favorite book.
Libreria Patagonia is a very small bookshop situated at 106, Calle Guillem de Castro. It's close to the bridge at Pont de Fusta underneath a huge block of flats. (You can also pick up the tram to the beach from here).
The following books on Valencia are available on-line from Waterstone's or at bookshops, El Corte Inglés department stores or kiosks in Valencia. All Valencia is only available in Valencia.
BOOKS ON VALENCIA SPAIN
All Valencia
As far as books on Valencia Spain go, this book offers an excellent introduction to the city and also contains some lovely photographs.
BOOKS ON VALENCIA SPAIN  As a passionate lover of Spain, and after living in Madrid for some years, it's hardly surprising that after reading Duende: A Journey Into the Heart of Flamenco, I should head straight for Valencia.
The book begins just outside Elche which is near Alicante in the region of Valencia. It's an account of a young man's search for 'duende' (roughly meaning spirit/soul).
His search spreads to Andalucia and Madrid and his subsequent encounters and experiences offer a vivid insight into the Flamenco underworld.
Jason Webster used to live in the Old Quarter of Valencia and now lives in the surrounding countryside of Valencia.
BOOKS ON VALENCIA SPAIN  I loved reading Travelers' Tales Spain: True Stories (Travelers' Tales Guides) edited by Lucy MacCauley. The book contains true stories of authors such as Gabriel García Marquez and Penelope Casas on their travels through Spain.
As well as being a very enjoyable read, this book must definitely be included in my list of 'books on Valencia Spain'.
For those visiting Valencia during the last Wednesday in August 2006, Louis de Bernières has given a very vivid account of the fantastic festival which is held every year in Valencia called La Tomatina (battle of tomatoes), which is aptly entitled 'Seeing Red'
  Valenciano novelist Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928), is internationally famous for his novel Los cuatro jinetes del apocalipsis (Spanish Edition) - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Filmed twice it also starred Hollywood heart-throb Rudolph Valentino.
The author has a major avenue in Valencia named after him in the University area of the city - Avenguda/Avenida Blasco Ibáñez.
Some of his earlier novels include:
'Flor de mayo' (1895) - (translated in 1921 as The Mayflower).'La barraca' (The Cabin, 1898).'Canas y barro' (translated 1928 and 1966 - Reeds and Mud).'La catedral' (1905, translated in 1909 as The Shadow of the Cathedral).A museum dedicated to the works and life of this novelist can be found at:
Casa Museu Blasco Ibáñez, Calle Isabel de Villen 1, Tel: 963 564 786. From Oct-Mar 9.15-14.00 and 16.30-20.00 (Sundays - closes at 14.00).
It's interesting to note that in the 13th century Valenciano novelist and knight, Joanot Martorell wrote one of the first romance novels, Tirant lo Blanc (Catalan Edition) which is said to have been a major influence for Miguel de Cervantes' legendary book, Don Quixote .
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