The Stein Report

“Guillermo Stein came to school in the middle of the year, arriving on a bicycle. None of us came to school by bicycle.” The Stein Report, a short novel set in the island of Majorca in the 1960s, kicks off with the arrival of a newcomer that will throw things off balance. Curious about him, Stein’s schoolmates will try to unravel the secrets concealed by this enigmatic character—a quest that will lead them to unveil unanswered questions of their own past and catch a fleeting glimpse of the adult world ahead of them. A literary gem, regarded by the critics as one of the best short novels of Spanish twentieth-century fiction, The Stein Report was awarded the Prix Écureuil de Littérature Étrangère on its publication in France.