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Iberia, by James A. Michener (original title: Iberia: Spanish Travels and Reflections), is a detailed and illustrated exploration of Spain as it was during the mid 1960s. The
author takes a measured, literary view on such subjects as the Moorish occupation, Islam, Catholicism, Francisco Franco and other controversial subjects. However, his
feeling are often far from neutral, as in his comments on Franco (p. 836, at the end of his chapter on Teruel: "Why should I allow Franco to deprive me of a land which is
almost as much mine as his?"

Michener shows to be very prescient, as in his talk of national cycles of rebirth (p. 837): "... And one of these days, (change) will be true even of Russia, and we had better be
prepared to admit it .... though (in the United States) we fight against it and blind our eye and conscience to the fact".
Iberia
1st edition cover
Author(s)                        James A. Michener
Country                           United States
Language                       English
Genre(s)                         Fiction
Publisher                        Random House
Publication date            1968
Pages                              818 pp.
Media type                      Print
ISBN                                
0-394-42982-6