South from Granada

This article is about the autobiographical book. For the 2003 film, see South from Granada (film).

South from Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village is an autobiographical book by Gerald Brenan, first published in 1957.

South from Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village

Author	Gerald Brenan
Language	English
Subject	Travel Literature
Published	1957
Media type	Print

Brenan, a fringe member of the Bloomsbury Group, settled in Spain in 1920,^[1] and lived there on and off for the rest of his life.^[2] The book is an example of travel literature, mixing an autobiographical account of his life in Yegen, the village where he found his first home in Spain,^[1] with detailed background information about the Alpujarras region of Andalusia. He describes visits to his home by Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, and Dora Carrington,^[3] and also devotes space to Spanish prehistory, particularly the Millaran culture.

Film version

South from Granada has been adapted into a film, Al sur de Granada (2003), directed by Fernando Colomo. The film includes some biographical material not in the original book.