Dvasios tapytojas

Welcome to Barcelona at the beginning of the 20th century — the peak of modernism, a clash of ideologies, a conflict of generations, fierce debates are brewing, blood is boiling. The young artist Dalma Sala, in love with life, painting, and a woman, is torn between true art, which demands complete dedication, and optional but convenient crafts for the rich and indifferent, between pleasure and duty, between romance and comfort. Dalma is searching for himself and his true path — and with his beloved, he will traverse the terrible paths amid the ecstasy and horror of a world standing on the brink of a new century.

Ildefonso Falcones, a lawyer by profession, a historian by calling, one of the greatest contemporary Spanish writers, for his first novel "Cathedral by the Sea" received numerous prestigious awards, including Euskadi de Plata (2006, Spain), Que Leer (2007, Spain), and the Giovanni Boccaccio Prize (2007, Italy). Falcones' books have already sold over 10 million copies in several dozen countries. 

"Dvasios tapytojas" — his hymn to his native Barcelona, a magnificent saga about people in the flow of historical events and a chronicle of human passions: love, revenge, fidelity to art and ideals in turbulent times when everything changes, from politics to morality and aesthetics, history unfolds in a gigantic canvas, passions shape a great city, and the city shapes human destinies for centuries to come.