Don't Leave Me Baltic and the seductive prospect of

and the seductive prospect of losing it all

imperialist generals

a collected volume of Goytisolo's famed tetralogy following a Catalan family

In these subtly linked novellas

are just right

Don't Leave Me Baltic and the seductive prospect ofWhen seventeen year old Aksel Morander encounters Amalie, it proves a turning point in his life. Not only does he fall in love for the first time, but he is introduced to a world unfamiliar and unconventional, which places everything around him in a new light. Finding himself raised up from the loneliness and darkness of what has gone before, he is forced to reassess all he holds dear as he is initiated into what makes life worth living. But jealousy