Duende A Journey In Search Of Flamenco by Jason Webster

Duende is an account of years spent in Spain feeding his obsessive interest in flamenco- he subjects himself to the tyranny of his guitar teacher, practising for hours on end until his fingers bleed; he becomes involved in a passionate affair with Lola, a flamenco dancer (and older woman) married to the gun-toting Vicente, only to flee Alicante in fear of his life; in Madrid, he falls in with Gypsies and meets the imperious Jesos. Joining their dislocated, cocaine-fuelled world, stealing cars by night and sleeping away the days in tawdry rooms, he finds himself spiralling self-destructively downwards. It is only when he arrives in Granada bruised and battered, after two years total immersion in the flamenco lifestyle that he is able to put his obsession into context. In the tradition of Laurie Lee's classic As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning , Duende charts a young man's emotional coming of age and offers real insight into the passionate essence of flamenco.

Publisher:	Black Swan
Year:	2004
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780552999977
Condition:	Good
Description:	Owner's Name inside.

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SKU: 1599148
Location: Music