Last Evenings with Teresa

by Juan Marsé

Genres: Literary Fiction; 20th Century Romance

Synopsis

'Spain's finest contemporary novelist' Guardian

'Juan Marsé's contribution to European fiction has been consistently remarkable' Times Literary Supplement

Set in post-war Barcelona, Last Evenings with Teresa is a timeless story of desire and ambition that describes the love between two unforgettable literary heroes: "Pijoaparte", a boy existing on the margins of society whose sole aspiration is social prestige, and Teresa, a beautiful, rebellious, left-wing student and the daughter of the Catalan bourgeoisie. Despite all the odds, they are drawn to one another, but will their differences bring them together or tear them apart?

'Last Evenings with Teresa ... has everything one can ask of a novel; it seems to have been written in a state of grace' Javier Cercas

'Between illusions and realities, with his own free creative will - the opposite of the recipe for a social novel - Juan Marsé offered a memorable panorama of 1950s Barcelona and its wild heroism' Lluís Izquierdo

'I consider Juan Marsé the best storyteller Spanish literature has given us in many decades' Ignacio Echevarría

'He has never written a single page where something interesting isn't happening' Eduardo Mendoza

'One of Spain's most acclaimed writers' New York Times

Release date: May 15, 2025

Publisher: Headline

Print pages: 432