While Reig is known for his sharp satire and humor, this novel is described as his most emotional work to date, blending his characteristic irony with a "crepuscular" or twilight-year melancholy.
It is ultimately a story of a man facing death "body to body" and trying to grant his life a final meaning before the end. Book Details El río de cenizas: 9788411071406: Books - Amazon.ca El Rio De Cenizas Rafael Reig epub
(The River of Ashes) is a poignant yet satirical novel by Spanish author Rafael Reig , published in 2022 by Tusquets Editores. The Premise While Reig is known for his sharp satire
The story follows a wealthy 75-year-old man who moves into Los Carrascales , a luxury nursing home in the Madrid mountains, after suffering a stroke. His quiet retirement is interrupted by a bizarre, parodic pandemic: a virus spread by sparrows through the ears. Faced with isolation and his own mortality, the protagonist begins writing a confession for his son to make sense of his past and find redemption. The Premise The story follows a wealthy 75-year-old