Barcelona

A cabinet of curiosities, a tourist guide and a prose poem, descriptions that all apply to this book that takes a fresh look at the city of Barcelona. Its monuments, avenues, remarkable buildings and forgotten squares provide the inspiration for a wealth of surprising connections with the history of art and literature. Every corner of the city is Borges' Aleph, a point where perhaps not the entire universe but certainly some of its more unusual, poetic and amusing quarters are to be found. The 'secret museum' begins in the dazzling streets of Barcelona and extends into the reader's cultural memory and imagination.