Barcelona Gothic
Barcelona Gothic The story follows Daniel Sempere, the son of a humble bookshop owner, who gets initiated into the secret society of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books as a boy. There, he picks up a mysterious tome called The Shadow of the Wind by an unknown author named Julián Carax. Daniel’s curiosity about the book’s […]
Have a drink with Hemingway
A drink with Hemingway Something about Hemingway’s restrained yet profound writing style gets me every time. A Moveable Feast, his memoir of the early 1920s when he was a struggling writer in Paris, is a perfect example. With sparse but vivid prose, he transports you to the bohemian literary scene of post-war Paris. The book […]