The New York Times – Travel:
Like many who call Madrid home, Elena Medel was born elsewhere, but forged her identity in the Spanish capital. Here, she recommends books about this city that “refuses to be reduced to an ideal.”
Category: Spanish Civil War (1936-39)
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Yo-Yo Ma Makes His Encore a Call for Peace, With a Nod to Casals
The New York Times – Music:
The celebrated cellist capped a concert with the New York Philharmonic with a work that Pablo Casals often played to protest war and oppression.
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Recreating a Family’s Lost Holocaust History, Step by Step
The New York Times – Travel:
During the pandemic lockdown, when solitude dredged up the regret of missed opportunities, one writer hiked over the Pyrenees Mountains to better understand her father.