In a blog post from The Alhambra, September 10th, I write:
One book I've been trying to buy, but not succeeded, is Washington Irving's The Alhambra from 1851. Robert Irwin write that Hans Christian Andersen carefully studied Irving's narrative technique.....the tale of the Arab astrologer in Irving's book was retold in Pushkin's folk poem The Golden Cockerel (1835) and.....the artist David Roberts was moved to visit the Alkhambra after reading Irving.
One of my Bristish blog readers, Anne from Oxford, read this, couldn't forget it.......and litsen to what happend:
Dear Britt-Arnhild
I was looking in a shop a few weeks ago, a big shop, that sells second items.I normally only go for the first section, but this day, for some reason, I ventured further, to an area I have never looked at. I had no reason to!! It is packed, every little section, every shelf, some old, some newer, all stacked on the floor as well. - I was only there about 5 to 10 minutes, and there it was - just for you :-)
With Anne's letter came W.Irving's book, Tales of The Alhambra. The one amazon was unable to find for me before my travel.
Thank you so much Anne. I just finished a Chaim POtok book this morning, now I will read Irving's book before I start preparing myself for my next upcoming trvael, Praha/Prague.
