The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of Spain

ISBN-13: 9781410203038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 472 str.

George Borrow

Opis

The book is a description of the life of the Spanish Gypsies - an interesting late 18th century English look at the gypsies - with an original collection of their songs and poetry. A large section is devoted to the language of the Gitanos, "Robber" language, and specimens of Gypsy dialects, and the English dialect of the Rommany. The final part is entitled" Miscellenies in the Gitano Language."Borrow was the author of a number of classic works on the Gypsies, both in Europe and England.