Marching Spain Author:V. S. Pritchett In the spring of 1927, V. S. Pritchett set out to walk 300 miles across Spain. At that time the country was almost completely isolated: many of the people he met had never seen a foreigner before. Yet despite their poverty they received their odd English visitor, in his outlandish tweeds, with unfailing courtesy, hospitality, a... more »nd curiosity. Here he describes his journey and the characters he encountered, from roadside philosophers to a very large woman in a very small bus. Marching Spain is a vivid portrait of a timeless Spain, about to be torn apart by civil war, and a delightful record of personal discovery.« less