Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #277871 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Financial Times
"Shrewd and affectionate...full of gems...a splendid portrait of a bewitching land."

The Irish Times
"A terrific modern introduction to the Basque Country... succeeds in showing us the complexities of the Basque struggle for identity."

Sunday Business Post
"Woodworth guides us [so that] you want to savour the uniqueness of the Basque country first-hand."

Customer Reviews

Very good primer in Basque culture
This very readable book surveys aspects of the present culture of the Basque Country on both sides of the Pyrenees, and examines how they've evolved, and how they might progress in the future. Cooking, sport, language, and music are among the subjects considered. All the personal anecdotes and accounts of festivities are relevant to the topic under discussion, lending more light on the bigger picture. Thought not a travel guide as such, the book's narrative traverses the Basque Country, keying cultural observations to places (though the maps are fairly basic). In all, well presented and very thoroughly researched (with a 30 year gestation), it's a sound introduction.