Sunny Side Up: The 20th Century Hits a Spanish Village - Softcover

David Baird, journalist and photographer, has made his home in a village in southern Spain for more than 30 year and has an intimate knowledge of the area. He has worked on newspapers and magazines around the world and has reported on the Iberian peninsula and North Africa for many publications, including The Economist, the International Herald Tribune, the Daily Telegraph, The Scotsman and Maclean's Magazine. Apart from Sunny Side Up - the 21st century hits a Spanish village and Inside Andalusia, his books include fiction and the critically acclaimed documentary Between Two Fires -- Guerrilla war in the Spanish sierras.

"This account of life in an Andalusian pueblo is different...Baird's ironic glance back over the past 30 years is recommended reading for anyone who has ever wondered what happened to 'the real Spain'" -- Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times, UK

 "This book is a tale of a vanishing way of life. As Franco dies, Spain loses its isolation and the villagers gradually swap community and wells for |TV and modern plumbing. It's well worth a read for its wit and nostalgia value" -- everythingSpain, UK

 "Where Baird's book stands alone is that it is written by a skilled journalist and travel writer...a closely observed, always entertaining, understanding and perceptive account of a vanished way of life" -- Costa Blanca News, Spain

Leben im Pueblo -- Das 21. Jahrhundert hält Einzug in ein andalusisches Dorf. Idyllisch eingebettet in eine grandiose Berglandschaft von unver- gleichlicher Schönheit reihen sich die "Weißen Dörfer" aneinan-der, scheinbar unberührt von den umwälzenden Veränderungen unserer Zeit. Oberflächlich betrachtet machen die noch verbliebe-nen einheimischen Bewohner einen beneidenswert glücklichen, ausgeglichenen Eindruck. Sie strahlen Ruhe und Zufriedenheit aus. Aber der Schein trügt. -- German edition review,  Verlag Winfried Jenior, Kassel.