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The Prisoner of Heaven

The Prisoner of Heaven
  • Author(s): Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 3 THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop. It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957, one year after Daniel...

The Sound of One Hand Killing

The Sound of One Hand Killing
  • Author(s): Teresa Solana
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

On assignment Eduard and Borja check out an exclusive meditation centre in the ritziest part of Barcelona, only to discover the director murdered, whacked in the head with a statuette of the Buddha. The violent death of a neighbour...

The South

The South
  • Author(s): Colm Tóibín
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950

This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the dawn. This was 1950, late September. I had left my husband. I had left my home. Katherine Proctor has dared to leave her family in Ireland and reach...

The Spanish Bow

The Spanish Bow
  • Author(s): Andromeda Romano-Lax
  • Location(s): Barcelona, Madrid
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1890s - 1940s

A rich novel of music, politics and life, seen throught the eyes of Feliu

The Time of the Doves

The Time of the Doves
  • Author(s): Mercè Rodoreda
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Barcelona, early 1930s: Natalia, a pretty shop-girl from the working-class quarter of Gracia, is hesitant when a stranger asks her to dance at the fiesta in Diamond Square. But Joe is charming and forceful, and she takes his hand....

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