by Héctor Oliva · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478719488
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«Crónicas de ida y vuelta» is the travel book and dual biography by Héctor Oliva, published by RBA in paperback and in Spanish.
The book follows two Catalans who left their mark on America: Facundo Bacardí, a businessman from Sitges who founded a famous rum distillery, and Félix Cardona, an explorer from Malgrat who discovered Angel Falls. The work combines biographical portraiture with travel narrative, traces Catalan emigration in America, and interweaves past and present.
It was published in 2007. Héctor Oliva (Barcelona, 1970) is a journalist, traveller and doctor of political law; with this work he won the 2006 Eurostars Hotels Award for Travel Narrative.
For readers of biographies, American history and travel writing.
