Spain from A to Z

The book by Tatiana Pigareva — one of the most famous Spanish scholars in Russia, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev — resembles a play about Spain with interludes in nine acts. This captivating presentation consists of various scenes from... Spanish life and the author's life with Spain.The birth of the Prado Museum, the search for portraits of Cervantes, Velázquez's "Las Meninas", the hardships of the Civil War, avant-garde art of the Franco era, the worlds of Dalí and Almodóvar. And in the interludes — stories about Spain through the author's memories and various cultural curiosities. The personal in Pigareva's narratives is inseparably linked to the professional, as Spain has become her life, full of unexpected wonders that shift time and space.