Baroja's Madrid
After the war, and until his death in 1956, Baroja lived at No. 12, Calle de Ruiz de Alarcón, close to El Retiro Park. It was during this period of reflection that an English friend of the author's, who was taking photos of Madrid, asked him to write something about the capital. Almost all of the quotes in this map, unless stated otherwise, are taken from his essay entitled A Fading Spain.
Pío Baroja writes of a Madrid that never sleeps, home to layabouts, bohemians, workers, and the affluent. He was also drawn to street musicians, whom he would visit regularly to learn their songs, beggars, water vendors, and all types of hawkers and their well-known cries.
Carmen Caro 31 May 2022
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