Painter of shower. Falcones I.

Welcome to Barcelona at the beginning of the 20th century - the heyday of modernism, the clash of ideologies, the conflict of generations, the disputes boil, the blood boils. Young artist Dalmau Sala, in love with life, in painting, a woman, is torn between genuine art, requiring complete dedication, and optional, but convenient crafts for the rich and indifferent, between pleasure and duty, between romantic and comfort. Dalmau is looking for himself and his true path - and together with his beloved will pass terrible paths in the midst of the enthusiasm and horror of the world, standing on the threshold of a new century. Ildefonso Falcones, a lawyer by profession, historian by vocation, one of the largest Spanish writers of our time, was awarded numerous prestigious awards for his first novel by the Sea, including Euskadi de Plata (2006, Spain), Qué Leer (2007, Spain) and prizes Giovanni Bokkaccio (2007, Italy). Falcones's books have already dispersed a total circulation of more than 10 million copies in several dozen countries. “Painter of Souls” - his anthem of his native Barcelona, ​​a magnificent saga about people in the stream of historical events and the annals of human passions: love, revenge, fidelity to art and ideals in turbulent times, when absolutely everything changes, from politics to morality and aesthetics, history opens up with gigantic With a canvas, passions create a great city, and the city runs human fate for centuries ahead. For the first time in Russian!