Crematorio

Rafael Chirbes · 2007 CE · Novel · Spanish · Contemporary

A property developer on the Valencian coast sits at the deathbed of his brother while the family, the lovers and the associates around him account for what the boom has cost. A chorus of monologues on the Spanish building bubble, it is the book that made Chirbes widely read.

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