Name/Title
Hotel Florida: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil WarEntry/Object ID
946.08109 VAIDescription
Madrid, 1936. In a city blasted by civil war, six people meet and find their lives changed forever. Ernest Hemingway, his career stalled, his marriage sour, hopes this war will give him fresh material and new romance; Martha Gellhorn, an ambitious novice journalist hungry for love and experience, thinks she will find both with Hemingway in Spain. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro, idealistic young photographers based in Paris, are inventing modern photojournalism as they capture history in the making. And Arturo Barea, Madrid's foreign press chief, and Ilsa Kulcsar, his Austrian deputy, are struggling to balance truth-telling with loyalty to their sometimes compromised cause―a struggle that places both of them in peril. Hotel Florida traces the tangled wartime destinies of these three couples against the backdrop of a critical moment in history.
From the raw material of unpublished letters and diaries, official documents, and recovered reels of film, Amanda Vaill has created a narrative of love and reinvention that is, finally, a story about truth: finding it out, telling it, and living it―whatever the cost.Collection
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Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsBook Details
Author
Vaill, AmandaEdition
FirstPlace Published
City
New York CityState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaDate Published
2014Binding
Binding Type
Hardcover or Case BoundPublication Language
EnglishCall No.
946.08109 VAIISBN
978-0-374-17299-2Condition
Reason for Exam
At AcquisitionOverall Condition
Very Good