Barcelona 1957

Eduardo Mendoza: It has taken a while, more than half a century, but the book finally comes out. In the time that has passed, it has become something else. Now the reality is different and the photos are different photos. Your pictures are like an invention.

Leopoldo Pomés: Today, what remains in the book is an image of Barcelona that is very tough, with no concessions, with great tenderness but in no way sentimental. The characters already belong to a past that unites them and makes them almost indistinguishable. It is a different book: it goes from journalistic to poetic, because it presents us with a world from science fiction. A journey to another planet where the same things keep happening, but things that are no longer ours.