![]() ![]() The book is set in fourteenth-century Barcelona, where the fugitive serf Bernat Estanyol and his infant son Arnau – on the run from their overbearing lord – come to seek shelter with his sister and her husband, the successful potter Grau Puig. Suffice it to say I won’t be recommending it to anyone. I’m going to try to keep this post brief because, while I’m more than happy to write long effusive reviews of books I like, I see no virtue in dwelling on negativity. As it was, I forced myself through to the end. ![]() Had I not felt honour-bound to finish it, I would have put it aside after the first hundred pages. In fact, I am willing to go further in this instance and to say that this is a very disappointing book. Like The Visit of the Royal Physician, however, it left me cold. ![]() Like Per Olov Enquist’s Visit of the Royal Physician, Ildefonso Falcones’s historical novel Cathedral of the Sea has won a veritable bouquet of prizes both in its native Spain, where it enjoyed immense success, and in other European countries. ![]()
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