Iberia is a book about Spain as experienced by the writer James Michener. He recounts all of his memories, from the first time he set foot in the country, experiencing and unraveling Spanish stereotypes, and socially analyzing the way that Spaniards live their daily lives. Most every story that he tells has a purpose, though the meaning in some may seem obscure at first, he always ties everything back to the root of the it all: why Spain is the way it is. It the first chapter, the reader is introduced to the harsh life of rural Spaniards and not the Spain that everyone thinks of. There are no castanets in Teruel, rather a harsh reality that is covered by the stereotypes clad with flamenco dancers, bullfighters, and paella. The narrator then goes on to explore.....
