Walking the lions / Stephen Burgen
2003, First Edition. London : Robinson. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 295 pages; Physical description: 295 p. ; 23cm. Summary: When Alex Nadal unexpectedly inherits his aunt's farm near Barcelona he has two problems, the first being that he is a piano player from New York with no knowledge of matters agricultural, and secondly, his aunt appears to have died twice: once at the end of the Spanish Civil War - or so Alex's father had always led him to believe - and again sixty years later, from a mysterious fall. Very soon after landing on Spanish soil it soon becomes apparent that Alex's is not a prodigal's return ... Alex discovers that this is a country where there is no such thing as the past but a place where there is only unfinished business. Review: "A well-thought-out plot and a penetrating view of the aftermath of war, plus a nice ramble through the streets of Barcelona, make this maiden voyage well worth your while." (Kirkus Reviews). Subjects: Americans - Spain - Catalonia - Fiction. Item #209931
Price: €19.95