Quentin, an ambitious young man of uncertain birth, comes home by train to Córdoba, the old Moorish city of white walls and patios. Determined to rise, he schemes among its noble families, flirts with blue-eyed and black-eyed daughters, joins a fight in an olive orchard and roams the inns of the Sierra Morena, all the while sizing up the sleepy, discreet city.
A vivid Andalusian novel from one of the great writers of Spain’s Generation of ’98. Download the free EPUB.