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'Little Ashes'

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'Little Ashes" is a trifling historical fantasy, gossip wrapped in gossamer, beautiful to watch, but it takes only a light wind to leave the story in tatters.

The setting is an imaginary Madrid circa 1922. The Catholic Church and the intellectuals are in a battle for the Spanish soul. At the university, ideas and emotions are roiling the lives of three friends; the esoteric is debated in...

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