by Andrés Barba · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433999092
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In 'Vida de Guastavino y Guastavino', Andrés Barba presents a biographical work that explores identity, paternity, and the limits between reality and fiction. The story focuses on Rafael Guastavino, a Valencian architect who, in 1881, travels to New York with the aim of patenting the medieval technique of the tiled vault. His journey, which leads him to participate in the construction of emblematic buildings such as Grand Central Station and the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, becomes a reflection on architectural identity and the American dream. Barba recovers the narrative audacity of masters of the biographical genre to construct a speculative account of the creation of national idols and the thin line between history and fiction.
Andrés Barba is a Spanish writer and translator. He graduated in Hispanic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid, with a degree in Philosophy. He has taught at Bowdoin College, the Complutense University of Madrid and Princeton University.
