Barcelona Dreaming

A Novel

Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, this evocative novel is made up of three stories linked by time and place, and also by the moving, unexpected interactions of a rich cast of characters.

Barcelona Dreaming is 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.

Exploring themes of addiction, racism, celebrity, immigration, and self-delusion, and fueled by a longing for the unattainable and a nostalgia for what is about to be lost, Barcelona Dreaming is a love letter to one of the world's most beautiful cities and a powerful and poignant fable for our uncertain times.

©2021 Rupert Thomson (P)2022 Tantor

Interesting turn of events

I’d just returned from Barcelona and wanted something to listen to from the area. The story was interesting albeit far fetched particularly the first segment. What single woman would bring a stranger / young man into her home at 3am ? Come on ! This is not a comment to denigrate the woman’s goodwill, but let’s face it. It was an extremely stupid thing to do. Then she ends up sleeping with a boy. Oh well. As I said it was interesting