Trekhprudny Lane

Before plunging into the new pile of books I've been gathering all day, thought I'd take note of what I read in Spain. I see now the list might be summed up as farming fantasies, Spanish orientalism, and some collapsarian fun... a mix of escapism and apocalypse!

The World Without Us, Alan Weisman

Andalusia, Sketches and Impressions, W. Somerset Maugham

Life is a Dream, Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Family Romance, John Lanchester

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver

The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency, John Seymour

Tales of the Alhambra, Washington Irving

Raising Milk Goats Successfully, Gail Luttman

Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin

The Steep Ascent, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Parenting for Primates, Harriet J. Smith

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway