Why a Booktrail?
2000s: One woman goes in search of Mallorca’s rich literary legacy.
A Chorus of Cockerels
What you need to know before your trail
When not juggling work deadlines, chatting with Johnny the toad or managing her ever-growing menagerie, Anna sets off to explore the lesser-known areas of the island.
On her cultural and historic voyage of discovery, she visits fig, olive and snail farms, a textile mill, a sobrassada sausage factory and learns of Mallorca’s rich literary legacy. In-between marathon training in the Tramuntana mountains – a UNESCO world heritage site – she is spooked when delving into the myths and Moorish legends that still seem to haunt the surrounding hills, as she examines the ancient remains of ice houses and huts of charcoal burners and hears tales of terrifying brigands that ruled the area in the seventeenth century. And she even finds time to hike the Camino de Santiago along the way…
Locations
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Wander through the literary landscape of Mallorca
Some of the places mentioned in the tours:
Deia – The White Goddess by Robet Graves
Before WW2, Catiain Alan Hillgarth was British Consul in Mallorca, write adventure novels for fun and was a member of the British intelligence serices. He was a close associate of Winston Churchill …”
Spanish authors on the island – Blai Bonet, Miquel Bauca, Bartomeu Porcel, Josep Pla and Miquel Riera
Mallorca – L’illa de la Calma Santiago Rusinol : “A wonderful take on Mallorca”
Formentor
Of course the literary tradition is still alive and well here. Nit de la Poesia, the annual international poetry night, takes place at the Teatro Principal in Palma and the Santillana Foundation organizes a huge literary conference at Formentor every year.
Palma
Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria, who lavished his time on Mallorca. The archduke wrote Die Balearen in 1869, an authoritative five-volume guide to the fauna, flora, and customs of the Balearic Islands and its original edition is housed in the Fundacion Bartolome March in Palma.
Booktrail Boarding Pass:A Chorus of Cockerels
Destination: Mallorca Author/Guide: Anna Nicholas Departure Time: 2000s
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