THE CALLIGRAPHY OF DREAMS

This is the novel that secured for Juan Marse the biggest literary prize in the world bar the Nobel. It is the culmination of the li fe's work of arguably the greatest living Spanish man of letters. Gracia: a working-class district of Barcelona in the shadow of civ il war. Life is hard, the city is grey, the oppressive Fascist regime oversees all. With his stepfather imprisoned for opposing Fran co's regime, teenager Ringo finds himself torn from his childhood pursuits and thrown into the world of work. He must find his own f orm of r...[Read more]