
The Age of Disenchantments
The Epic Story of Spain's Most Notorious Literary Family and the Long Shadow of the Spanish Civil War
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Narrated by:
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Timothy Andrés Pabon
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By:
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Aaron Shulman
A gripping narrative history of Spain’s most brilliant and troubled literary family - a tale about the making of art, myth, and legacy - set against the upheaval of the Spanish Civil War and beyond.
In this absorbing and atmospheric historical narrative, journalist Aaron Shulman takes us deeply into the circumstances surrounding the Spanish Civil War through the lives, loves, and poetry of the Paneros, Spain’s most compelling and eccentric family, whose lives intersected memorably with many of the most storied figures in the art, literature, and politics of the time - from Neruda to Salvador Dalí, from Ava Gardner to Pablo Picasso to Roberto Bolaño.
Weaving memoir with cultural history and biography and brought together with vivid storytelling and striking images, The Age of Disenchantments sheds new light on the romance and intellectual ferment of the era while revealing the profound and enduring devastation of the war, the Franco dictatorship, and the country’s transition to democracy.
A searing tale of love and hatred, art and ambition, and freedom and oppression, The Age of Disenchantments is a chronicle of a family who modeled their lives (and deaths) on the works of art that most inspired and obsessed them and who, in turn, profoundly affected the culture and society around them.
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Interesting and worthwhile but with a major shortcoming
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This books invites introspection, as in learning how the time, the place and the circumstances surrounding the Panero Family infused and impacted the live of each of its members, the reader cannot help but to reflect on what has, so far, and continues to mold its own. As the author himself explains, understanding this helps us “to live”.
A piece of literary art
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This book deserved better narration or at least better editing. There were many mid-paragraph shifts in volume or tone. The reader’s pronunciation of Spanish proper nouns — while I imagine they were technically correct — came off as a bit exaggerated, especially when there was an awkward mid-sentence pause between English and Spanish. I found myself picturing a bad stage actor spinning around with a cape over his face to get into character.
Captivating exploration of a larger-than-life family
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