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Publications of Editorial Natívola
Granada, City of My Dreams
Granada, City of My Dreams (May 2000) is Lorenzo's love song to the city of the Nasrid Kings, with over 200 pages of clear, informative, nostalgic and often ironic text, as well as some 60 of Lorenzo's drawings of Granada and the Alhambra.
Granada has a special place in our imagination, whether we have ever visited it or not. That is why Granada, City of My Dreams, in the words of the author, was written not only as a guide but as “a book about Granada for the nun in Norway who is sitting in her armchair and wants to travel there in her mind”.
Lorenzo, poet, polyglot, illustrator, curious traveller and "self-made historian " par excellence, has filled these pages with luminous descriptions and drawings, the culmination of forty years of wanderings through the palaces and labyrinths of his adopted homeland, Granada.
Click here to see some of the illustrations
Retail price 18 euros, in Granada at the bookshop of El Corte Inglés. It can be shipped to UK for 30 euros and USA for 40 euros (total price book+postage). If you order two or more books, the shipping and handling costs go down considerably. Note: this book also exists in Spanish and French, translated by the author himself.
Portrait of Montefrio
Portrait of Montefrio (May 2003) is the latest of the "books for the curious traveller". Rather than a guide or a travel book, it can best be described as the story of a 40-year relationship with a Spanish town, in 220 wistful, witty and highly informative pages, with over 50 of Lorenzo's drawings and maps.
This
erudite but free-wheeling work focuses on subjects such as Montefrio's history and
archaeology, local traditions and ways of life. It tells of
Lorenzo's friendship with a flamenco singer who was the town butcher
and how he restored and redesigned an ancient farmhouse. There are
also lively vignettes on Lorenzo's culinary inventions using local ingredients,
the gypsy community, the art of making jamón serrano and olive oil, and, last but not least, the author's personal saga in Spain, which began
at the tender age of 18.
Click here to read some of Lorenzo's Montefrio stories
Retail price 18 euros, in Granada at the bookshop of El Corte Inglés. It can be shipped to UK for 30 euros and USA for 40 euros (total price book+postage). If you order two or more books, the shipping and handling costs go down considerably.
Nina's Book
In March 2001 Lorenzo published the diary he kept during the time of his daughter's birth in Rio, Brazil. This eclectic tale of travel, love, friendship and philosophical meditation is entitled Nina's Book, and presents itself to the adventurous (and broad-minded) reader as "the making of a child of the world". It is illustrated with over 20 of Lorenzo's pen-and-ink postcards of Andalucia and Rio de Janeiro.
Retail price 15 euros. If you are renting a cottage in Montefrio, you can pay for the book with your deposit at the reduced price of 12 euros and it will be delivered to you upon arrival. It can be shipped to UK for 27 euros and USA for 37 euros (total price book+postage). If you order two or more books, the shipping and handling costs go down considerably.
To place your order, write to me directly at lorenzo@donlorenzo.com
