Duende: A Journey In Search Of Flamenco

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When Jason Webster heads off for Spain in search of Duende, the intense emotional state - part ecstasy, part desperation - so intrinsic to flamenco, he has no idea what to expect.

What he finds is a kaleidoscope of experience and excitment: he subjects himself to the tyranny of his guitar teacher, practising for hours on end until his fingers bleed; he becomes involved in a passionate affair with Lola, a flamenco dancer (and older woman) married to the gun-toting Vicente, only to flee Alicante in fear of his life; in Madrid, he falls in with Gypsies and meets the imperious Jesús. Joining their dislocated, cocaine-fuelled world, stealing cars by night and sleeping away the days in tawdry rooms, he finds himself spiralling self-destructively downwards. It is only when he arrives in Granada bruised and battered, after two years total immersion in the flamenco lifestyle that he is able to put his obsession into context.

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Author Webster, Jason
Binding Paperback
No. of Pages 352
Publisher Black Swan
Date of Publication 2004
ISBN 9780552999977

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