The Sky Over Lima

"The Sky Over Lima" by Juan Gómez Bárcena, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Based on a historic literary hoax, this “charming” novel is “a love letter to the creative process” from one of Spain’s most original authors ( Kirkus Reviews ). 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 poorly constructed verses and read the greats: Rilke, Rimbaud, and, above all others, Juan Ramón Jímenez, the Spanish Maestro. Desperate for Jímenez’s latest work, unavailable in Lima, they decide to ask him for a copy. Certain Jímenez would never send his book to a couple of dilettantes, they concoct a plan à la Cyrano de Bergerac. They write to him posing as the lovely, imaginary Georgina Hübner. Incredibly, the poet takes the bait and responds with a book and letter. So begins the epistolary romance. As the maestro falls... Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.