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Generous chronicler of Tercera España (The Third Spain), and Libros del Asteroide (Books from the Asteroid) brings together for the first time his 'Complete Work' and sixty-eight unpublished articles of which we advance two examples.
Ambassador of the best of travel journalism at the beginning of the 20th century, his search for the truth over and above any ideology made Manuel Chaves Nogales an uncomfortable voice in a divided Spain.
The provincial writers. Days ago, honoring the memory of the Granada chronicler Don Francisco de Paula Valladar, Fabián Vidal dedicated one of his most accurate comments to the obscure and worthy patricians who, deep in the depths of the Spanish provinces, "care about cultivating the small flowery garden of yesterdays, to dust off and decipher old papers, to write the biographies of the great men who were the glory of the region, to compile legends, to collect historical events, to form annals, to defend forgotten churches against the insults of time and men, the ruined castles, the houses with beautiful doors and elaborate stone shields, everything that lasts as a testament and legacy of gone by centuries.
Read more: El Cultural





