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Book: The Calligraphy of Dreams

Location: Barcelona

Author: Juan Marsé

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The Calligraphy of Dreams has a somewhat dark aura. You are never sure quite what is going to happen and why, but you feel it may not be good. It is a book where you always wonder exactly what is around the next corner – and that is a great compliment to the storytelling powers of Marsé. He can build tension and suspicion. Yet it is also a very observant book. The characters are well drawn and believable, and we have a great deal of sympathy for both Ringo and Señora Mir.

The setting is, of course, a long way from the Barcelona of today – but I would imagine it paints a pretty good picture of the city as it was 70 years ago in Franco’s time. Parts, at least, were sordid and rough and it offers echoes of footsteps past to understand the present. TripFiction

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