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"The author, a sheep shearer and the original drummer for Genesis, left performing and 20th century civilization (for the most part) to settle in the isolated, backward area of southeastern Spain called Andalucia. He and his wife Ana bought a ramshackle farmhouse in the mountains without electricity, running water, or even an access to roads. Stewart's memoir of making the farm work and getting along with his eccentric neighbors is affable, self-deprecating, and terrifically charming. It's sort of a working-class version of Peter Mayle's books, where instead of haute cuisine you have peasant stew, and rather than dogs and town goat races you have scorpions, lambing, and climbing rocky slopes. The locals are both warmer and more superstitious than those in Provence. This is a lovely book."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Animal story?
Yes
job/profession:
- farmer/fisherman
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
If this is a culture clash:
- visiting a different culture
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Exploring/Searching...
- tall mountains
Outdoors story
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- musician
Age:
- 40's-50's
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Spain
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
- lot of descript of animal care
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- gentle
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- decency
- capitalism
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More 6-10 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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