EL MERCADER

Barcelona, XIVth century. Barcelona is a crowded, busy city against its own borders full of opportunities. In this context, Jaume Miravall, a clever and charismatic man from Reus, wants to make his dreams come true and become a merchant to travel overseas in search of new markets, experiences and knowledge. However, his whole family will suffer the dark side of dreams when they reach those new promising lands to find misfortune, treachery, wickedness and death. With Barcelona as the main scenery, but also with Reus, València, Tortosa along with other exotic settings as Cefalú and Alexandria, the novel is about the hope and the strength needed to achieve our goals; about the perseverance that allows standing up and walking forward even when everything seems to be lost. This is an entertaining novel full of adventures and a vivid portrait of a period of time which imprint still remains.