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DuendeThe music started: two guitarists beating out more Albore s. The women took turns to dance in a frenzy, each trying to outdo the other. "Deep Song always sings in the night," Lorca had written. It was the credo of the flamenco: a rejection of the mundane, the ordinary, the life of the everyday man, embracing, rather, an extreme world extreme passions, extreme feelings, the extremes of life and death. And it was a way of life I wanted to believe in its
The music started: two guitarists beating out more Albore s. The women took turns to dance in a frenzy, each trying to outdo the other. "Deep Song always sings in the night," Lorca had written. It was the credo of the flamenco: a rejection of the mundane, the ordinary, the life of the everyday man, embracing, rather, an extreme world - extreme passions, extreme feelings, the extremes of life and death. And it was a way of life I wanted to believe in - its excitement, its danger, the affirmation it gave you that you were different, and alive. Destined for a sedate and predictable life in academia, Jason Webster was derailed in his early twenties when his first love, an aloof Florentine beauty, dumped him unceremoniously. Loveless and eager for adventure - and determined to fulfill a secret dream -- he left Oxford and headed for Spain, the country that had long captivated his imagination, and set off in search of duende, the intense and mysterious emotional state - part ecstasy, part melancholy - that is the essence of Spain's signature art form: flamenco. Duende is Webster's captivating memoir of the years he spent in Spain pursuing his obsession. Studying flamenco guitar until his fingers bleed, he becomes involved in a passionate yet doomed affair with Lola, a flamenco dancer (and older woman) married to the gun-toting Vicente, only to flee the coastal city of Alicante in fear for his life. He ends up in Madrid, miserable and lovelorn, but it's here that he has his first taste of the gritty world of flamenco's progenitors - the Gypsies whose edgy lives and fervent commitment to the art of flamenco vividly illustrate the path to duende. Before long he is deeply immersed in a flamenco underworld that combines music and dance with drugs and crime. After two years Webster moves on to Granada where, bruised and battered, he reflects on his discovery of the emotional heart of Spain. From the Hardcover edition.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 03/09/2004
ISBN: 9780767911672
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.22w x 0.74d
Review Citations: New York Times 03/21/2004 pg. 20
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★★★★★ 5
Elegant & Comfortable
It's a beautiful three-piece set with a stunning design and fabric quality.
The vest and jacket are comfortable and elegantly complement each other, and the vest is easy to adjust to fit your frame as long as you don't get a size too small.
Additionally, the pants are of such high quality that they easily make for a great pair of pants outside of pairing with the suit.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2023
★★★★★ 2
Wrong sizes
Hey I ordered an XL for this suit the coat is correct but my pants and vest is a Large can you please resend another try before you buy so I can see if it all fits before my wedding soon 😅
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Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Really nice suit.
Great suit. Fits well. I had to have the button on the jacket moved but other than that it fits well. Can adjust the vest. Decent material, light wait but not cheap. All the stitching is nice. Was a good length and pants fit well.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Fit perfectly fine out of the box.
Color: Pink Gray, Size: 44, Color: Pink Gray, Size: 44
Nice. Looked great. Needed a pressing, no biggie. Was a little long, but not enough to really need addressing.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Good quality, fantastic suit
Color: Pink, Size: 34
no I had to order this suit and two separate pieces to make sure that would fit me properly and I needed to get the pants trimmed because I am pretty short. Other than that, this suit rocks.!!! This is a good company and the value for your money and the comfort of this suit and pants is absolutely a solid A
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Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2024