Rose For Winter

He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry-the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, the cult of the bullfight, the exultation in death, the humour of hopelessness-the paradoxes deep in the fiery bones of Spain.

A gasit o tara distrusa de Razboiul Civil, dar totemurile Spaniei indestructibile supravietuiesc: Hristos in agonie, strigatul palpitant de flamenco - mandria in saracie, intensitatea tiganilor in mahalalele vii varuite, cultul luptei cu tauri, exultarea in moartea, umorul deznadejdii - paradoxurile adanci in oasele de foc ale Spaniei.