{"product_id":"barcelona-dreaming","title":"Barcelona Dreaming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD PRIZE FOR FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His confident, spellbinding prose is jewelled with uncanny details, gliding along in language that strikes, unsettles, and reawakens at every turn...This is a brilliant book\u003c\/b\u003e' Maya C. Popa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Cool and controlled...Electrifying...Reading Rupert Thomson novels can easily become an obsession'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, \u003ci\u003eBarcelona Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories are narrated, in turn, by an English woman who runs a gift shop, an alcoholic jazz pianist, and a translator tormented by unrequited love, all of whose lives will be changed forever. Underpinning the novel,  and casting a long shadow, is a crime committed against a young Moroccan immigrant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring themes of addiction, racism, celebrity, immigration, and self-delusion, and fuelled by a longing for the unattainable and a nostalgia for what is about to be lost, \u003ci\u003eBarcelona Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to one of the world's most beautiful cities and a powerful and poignant fable for our uncertain times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 224 pages | Published March 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986399347037,"sku":"9781472153517","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/view_archive_ffd09411-f660-4d7a-a181-d78a611e2622.jpg?v=1774498426","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/barcelona-dreaming","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}