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Morante
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 RE: Flamenco Literature (in reply to archie640)
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There are lots of books if you look: e.g.
Chano Lobato: Memorias de cante, Andrés Rodríguez: Camaron: Se ropió el quejío, Estela Zatania: Flamencos de gañanía, Jos éBlas Vega: Vida y cante de Don Antonio Chacón, Juan Antonio Muñoz: Mis recuerdos de Antonio Mairena, Salvador Aleu Zuazo: El Chato de la Isla, José María Castaño: Manuel Soto “Sordera de Jerez”, Ángel Sody de Rivas: Diego del Gastor , Paco Urrutá: Gerundino Fernandez, Manuel Bohórquez Casado: Tomás Pavón, Féliz Rodríguez: El Arte en la sangre, José Ortiz Nuevo: Mil y una historias de Pericon de Cádiz, José Blas Vegas: Conversaciones flamencas con Aurelio de Cádiz, Eugenio Cobo: Pasión y muerte de Gabriel Macandé, Joaquin García: El libro del cante flamenco, Miguel Ropero: El léxico caló en el lenguaje del cante flamenco.
Not to mention numerous academic tomes etc,
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Date Jan. 4 2015 12:31:58
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barblackmore
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RE: Flamenco Literature (in reply to archie640)
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but sadly I gave my two cents. Fernando Quiñones has written some interesting books. I have one called "Twelve andalusian tales", short stories about cantaores, bullfighters, prostitutes, etc. Besides being a flamenco fan, they are very well written! They have a very humorous prologue by none other than BORGES, saying that "Altought I hate bullfighting and i´m always in favour of the bull, this is incredibly well written"
Felix Grande also has a very interesting "Memoria del Flamenco" which is almost a sociological book about gypsies, mixed with some music commentary. But definitely biased towards the first topic. Still incredibily well written. It´s a very large book, divided on two sub-editions, and you´ll read it easily, the pages will flow
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Date Jan. 8 2015 17:56:18
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estebanana
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RE: Flamenco Literature (in reply to archie640)
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I have some problems with Returning to A, it's more about the author than about anything else. And the symbolism or metaphor presented bothers me, that Ansonini's suit case is "empty". The other one I did not like was written by the guy who stole cars with Gitanos in Madrid. It was more about his hardship and the parts that described how and what flamenco is were not great.
If one did not already know anything about flamenco and could fill the spaces about the art, then Returning to A and the other book, which I have thankfully forgotten, are really coming of age travel stories. Author goes on an international wilderness walk to find out who they are. It becomes incidental that they have flamenco as a foil to the growing up story.
The Wind Cried, Paul Hect is much better at putting you in the place and time and showing the characters as people and not props for they authors personal development trip. While at the same time relating to you his reflections on his life.
The difficulty with good writing about flamenco is that flamenco and Spain are so interesting that all of us who have gone for a length of time have these stories, I could write a flamenco book at least as good or better than Returning to A, as could half my friends. The unfortunate thing is that the foreigners who really get deep inside the flamenco culture are usually the ones who opt out of writing that personal story. They have another kind of emotional and personal investment that they hold too dear, in their minds, to exploit.
For me not all the books are good, but the only two I would say drop to the lower part of your reading list are the one I mentioned and the other I have forgotten.
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Date Jan. 9 2015 1:50:22
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AljibeDeMadera
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RE: Flamenco Literature (in reply to archie640)
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I don't know if anyone has read the recent book, "Contra las Cuerdas," which is a collection of interviews with famous flamenco guitarists—but I have just finished translating the first volume into English, and it will be published by Oscar Herrero Ediciones later this year. I'd be curious to know if people would be interested in reading the book and might help get the word out when the time comes. The first volume includes interviews with Paco de Lucía, Manolo Sanlúcar, Serranito, Juan Habichuela, Tomatito, Gerardo Nuñez, Enrique de Melchor, Pepe Habichuela, etc.
Here is the link to the Spanish version: http://www.oscarherreroediciones.es/ediciones/libros/contra-las-cuerdas-1/
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