The Spanish Civil War and engineer/artist Sandro has to flee Barcelona with the police on his tail. His journey back to his native village by bicycle, dodging road-blocks, encountering unexpected characters, intentionally echoes Don Quixote but the different kind of journey he undertakes hiding in the caves near his village is his alone, with lasting repercussions. A lovely book by a Canadian writer I'd never heard of before but will definitely look out for in the future.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 61 Summer 2011 ) |
