Summer of the Spanish Woman by Catherine Gaskin (1977, Hardcover
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Summer of the Spanish Woman by Catherine Gaskin (1977, Hardcover. I did enjoy reading this book and learned a lot from it, especially about the events leading up to the Spanish Civil War. The story is told as a saga, so there is no normal plot structure. For this reason I have to disagree with the people who thought the ending was too abrupt. I did enjoy reading this book and learned a lot from it, especially about the events leading up to the Spanish Civil War. The discussions about wine making contributed to the setting but were not overly informative even for someone who has made wine. The story is told as a saga, so there is no normal plot structure. You can't tell where you are in the novel except by looking at the page numbers. For this reason I have to disagree with the people who thought the ending was too abrupt. A work of this nature is not going to have a crisp resolution. It stopped in the right place. I also disagree that there were too many flat characters. Yes there were some, but all the characters who needed to be round were round. For the most part it is a very well written book but, to me at least, did not have the exciting type of scenes that would take one's breath away and it did have a tendency to drag in some places. NO DJ
