El cielo de Madrid

"In the last quarter of the 20th century, Spain saw the end of the dictatorship, the arrival of democracy, the awakening of the world and freedom, and some dreams were born and abandoned... In the midst of these turbulences, Carlos and his friends, a group of artists and writers who, like so many throughout history, came to Madrid looking for success, go from innocence to maturity, from youth to success or failure, and find that not even success nor failure are as they had imagined. Generational chronicle, The Sky of Madrid is also a reflection on the search for happiness, which for the protagonist-narrator and his friends symbolize the sky of the city and the one painted on the ceiling of the bar where they meet every night. Julio Llamazares writes a story that seems more dreamy than real, like the city that its protagonist paints while living"--