After a life dedicated to teaching, two high school teachers—Marina and Carles—celebrate their retirement. Inevitably, they look back and question what has happened in their lives during the last ten devilishly intense years. They question their political commitment and face the disappointment that they and the country are experiencing. Their relationships with other teachers, parents, neighbors and even students are no longer the same. The crisis, repression and Covid have covered up their perplexity, but they cannot help but look in the mirror. They wanted to make history and history has passed them by.

Francesc Serés—the author of La casa de foc—captures the human pulse of independence in a brave and honest novel, a must-read.

"Yes, the country dreams, all countries do. The mystery is knowing how and what. Does it remember the dreams it has had? Do nightmares wake it up? Are there some who sleep more deeply than others? Are there some who daydream?"

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