Gabriela Zabalúa

A piece of literary art

Revisado: 07-15-19

The Age of Disenchantment by Aaron Shulman is one of the best books I have read in several years. From prologue to epilogue and every page in between this book is unputdownable. Aaron Shulman’s ability to paint rich images with words, his masterful writing and his journalistic background all come together, effortlessly, to take the reader on a journey through the history, culture and society of Franco’s Spain and beyond, from the perspective of the Panero Family, a well-known clan of literary intellectuals, whose lives intersected with some of the most notorious artists, poets and writers of the time, inspiring them and at times obsessing them, but ultimately, shaping them into the individuals they became.

This books invites introspection, as in learning how the time, the place and the circumstances surrounding the Panero Family infused and impacted the live of each of its members, the reader cannot help but to reflect on what has, so far, and continues to mold its own. As the author himself explains, understanding this helps us “to live”.

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