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The Book of Barcelona: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City)

The Book of Barcelona: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City)
  • Author(s): Zoe Turner (Editor), Manel Ollé (Editor)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Short Stories

A slighted wife escapes her family in a wealthy neighbourhood for the night and stumbles into the city’s red-light district… The head of security at Barcelona’s container port searches for a figure that only he has seen sneak into...

The Calligraphy of Dreams

The Calligraphy of Dreams
  • Author(s): Juan Marsé
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

When Señora Mir lays her body across the abandoned tracks for a tram that will never arrive, she presents Ringo Kid with a riddle he will not unravel until after her death. In Ringo’s Barcelona, life endures in the...

The City of Marvels

The City of Marvels
  • Author(s): Eduardo Mendoza
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Era(s): 1888-1929

Onofre Bouvila travels to the city of Barcelona, a city with its own lifestyle, language and individuality – as his wealth grows and he prospers, his fortune is mirrored in the city around him As Onofre builds his fortune...

The Repentent Morning

The Repentent Morning
  • Author(s): Chris Paling
  • Location(s): Barcelona, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s

Fitzrovia, Soho in London, 1930s. Meredith Kerr is spending another evening of inebriation with three men. Harry Bowden, billy boyle and Arthur Lawler all want her for themselves. But Meredith has forgotten how to understand what it is she...

The Summer of Dead Toys

The Summer of Dead Toys
  • Author(s): Antonio Hill
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

When the death of a young witness in a case of human trafficking and voodoo provokes the normally calm Inspector Salgado to beat someone up, he is swiftly removed from the project. Instead, he is sent to investigate a...

The Shadow of the Wind

The Shadow of the Wind
  • Author(s): Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

It is Barcelona, 1945, post war, and a boy, Daniel awakes and can no longer remember his Mother’s face. Daniel’s widowed father, who deals in antiquarian books, introduces him to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books – each book waiting...

From Barcelona, with Love

From Barcelona, with Love
  • Author(s): Elizabeth Adler
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Celebrity star, Bibi Fortuna, flees the U.S. when her lover and her best friend killed in a car accident. The police are looking at Bibi. She flees to Barcelona, but her daughter, left behind, engages a P.I to see...

Cathedral of the Sea

Cathedral of the Sea
  • Author(s): Ildefonso Falcones
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 14th Century

Santa Maria del Mar is in the process of being built. This is the city of Barcelona, witnessing the building of a great cathedral. Arnau, son of the Estanyol family joins the guild of stone workers and helps build...

A Body in Barcelona (Max Cámara 5)

A Body in Barcelona (Max Cámara 5)
  • Author(s): Jason Webster
  • Location(s): Barcelona, Valencia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Suspense
  • Era(s): Modern

Tensions in Spain are rising: political violence and social unrest have suddenly re-emerged. Madrid is trying to keep a tight leash on Catalonia, where the call for independence is getting louder by the day. The last time Barcelona moved...

From Barcelona: Stories Behind the City Vol 1

From Barcelona: Stories Behind the City Vol 1
  • Author(s): Jeremy Holland
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): 2000s

One city and ten stories. A collection of short stories inspired by the capital of Catalonia, its history, people, legends and explore the city’s sights in a unique way through these idiosyncratic stories. A good read for those visiting...

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