Car, ce qui nous fascine de
Grenade ne sont seulement ses monuments extraordinaires,
sinon aussi son passé, "le rencontre entre maure et
chrétien, gitan et juif, sierra et plaine, neige et
soleil, dans ce balcon verdoyant de l’Europe qui
regarde vers les cotes arides de l’Afrique”.
Lorenzo, poète, polyglote, dessinateur, voyageur curieux
et "historien sans-papiers" par excellence,
recueille dans ces pages, remplies de descriptions et
images lumineuses, les fruits de quarante ans de randonnées
par les palais et les collines de sa terre d'adoption.
Cliquez ici pour voir quelques-unes
des
illustrations
Ce livre est vendu au prix de 18 euros dans la
librairie du grand magasin Corte Inglés de Grenade. Afin de me le
commander directement,
cliquez ici pour voir mon adresse mail et numéro de
téléphone
AUSSI, POUR CEUX QUI
LISENT L'ANGLAIS...
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
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.
