A far-reaching story of an outcast and his bookstore: a home to forbidden books, political dissidents, and cultural smugglers all brought to vivid poetic life
"Rivas is a master... His pages bloom like flowers, swerving in unpredictable arcs toward a light-source that is constantly moving." --Bookforum The Last Days of Terranova tells of Vicenzo Fontana, the elderly owner of the long-standing...