FEAR AND LOATHING IN LA LIGA: BARCELONA VS REAL MADRID
Book ID/图书代码： 11320013B64897
English Summary/英文概要： ’If Barcelona didn’t exist, we’d have to invent them’ Florentino Pérez, Real Madrid President
’Catalonia is a nation and Barça its army’ Bobby Robson, former manager of Barcelona
It’s Messi vs. Ronaldo, It’s Catalunya vs. Castilla. It’s the nation against the state, freedom fighters vs. Franco’s fascists. It’s majestic goals and mesmerising skills, red cards and bench brawls. It’s the best two teams on the planet going face to face and toe to toe. It’s the greatest of our time vs. the greatest of all time. It’s more than a game. It’s a war. It’s Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. It’s El Clásico.
Only, it’s not quite that simple. From the wounds left by the Civil War to the teams’ current global domination, Spanish football expert and historian Sid Lowe lifts the lid on football’s biggest rivalry. With exclusive testimonies and astonishing anecdotes, Lowe invites us to take a closer look at the most important eras of this unique hostility including Madrid’s golden age in the fifties where they won five European cups, Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona Dream Team, the doomed Galactico experiment and Luis Figo’s ’betrayal’.
By exploring the history, politics, culture, economics and language, while never forgetting the drama on the pitch, Lowe demonstrates the symbiotic nature of the relationship between these two football giants. In doing so he reveals the truth behind this explosive rivalry.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “小跳蚤”梅西对阵C罗，加泰罗尼亚（西班牙东北地方）与卡斯提蒂利亚（西班牙中北部地区）的对抗。这是一个国家与另一个国家的比赛，自由战士和弗朗哥的横行者的对决。这已经超出了一场比赛的界限，这是一场决战。是巴萨与皇马之间的最终决战。
这场决赛没有看似那么简单。这个积怨从内战遗留的创伤，到球队近来对全球的统治地位，在西班牙足坛上的历史学家和专家们对这两家宿敌的评述，本书的作者西德•罗威向全世界的球迷们展示了这场体育赛事上最大的一场竞争球赛。同时还采访了这两家豪门俱乐部的超级球星和那些被人遗忘了的无名英雄们。如阿尔弗雷多•迪•斯蒂法诺，和约翰•克鲁伊夫以及在这场足坛历史上最富政治色彩的唯一幸存者，巴萨的前锋有史以来，第一次击碎了皇马的欧冠梦，而球队的俱乐部主席在泰晤士河的午夜时分庆祝了自己球队的胜利。
透过对历史，政治，文化，经济和语言，还有那些在球场上上演的戏剧性一幕幕，本书的作者罗威论证了这两家西甲豪门俱乐部之间的共生关系。以及在这样的赛事情况下，作者还揭示了人类历史背后这场激烈的足坛角逐。（Sandy）
Awards/获奖情况：Dutch rights sold to De Bezige Bij Antwerp, Spanish rights to Leeme Libros, Estonian to Ajakirjade and US rights to Nation Books.
About the Author/作者介绍： Sid Lowe is the Spanish football correspondent for the Guardian and World Soccer. He works as a commentator and panellist for Spanish, Asian and US television and appears regularly on Spanish radio show Al Primer Toque. His previous book, Catholicism, War and the Foundation of Francoism, is about the causes of the Spanish civil war, the rise of fascism, and the creation of the Franco state. He lives in Spain.
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