WINNER OF THE 2014 OJO CRÍTICO LITERARY PRIZE AN OFFICIAL SELECTION
OF THE FESTIVAL DU PREMIER ROMAN IN CHAMBÉRY Peru, 1904. José
Gálvez and Carlos Rodríguez are poets. Or, at least, they’d like to
be. Sons of Lima’s elite in the early twentieth century, they
scribble bad verses and read all the greats, especially their idol
Juan Ramón Jímenez, the Spanish Maestro. Desperate for Jímenez’s
latest work, unavailable in Lima, they decide to ask him for a
copy. Convinced Jímenez won’t send two dilettantes his book, but he
might favour a beautiful young woman, they write to him as the
lovely, imaginary Georgina Hübner. Jímenez responds with a letter
and a signed copy. Elated, and now the talk of their literary
circle, José and Carlos write back. Their correspondence continues
as the Maestro falls in love with Georgina, and the boys abandon
poetry for the pages of Jímenez’s life. Set against the vibrant
backdrop of bohemian taverns and social unrest in Peru at the turn
of the century, The Sky Over Lima is being hailed as the most
assured and inventive literary novel to come out of Spain in years.
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