Vedette

Born to a Gothic social order branded a haunter of men's dreams Vedette is traumatized when her small town in the magical wetlands of southern Spain's Guadalquivir River is overrun by hashish-smoking anarchists promising free love and a life without sadness to those who would follow them.</p><p>Entranced by their flamenco music their philosophy of revenge and the concrete ability to deliver political results the young woman joins a movement destined to annihilation and becomes its sole survivor burdened with the task of keeping its memory and project for a better world alive through conversations with their flamenco shadows.</p><p>Transcending political viewpoints Mr. Siciliano opens a new chapter in the understanding of the Spanish Civil War opting for a literary interpretation that looks beyond right and wrong to more universal lessons only the passage of decades and the healing effects of time can reveal.</p>