In 2005, the museum discovered that the sculpture, which had been in a storage warehouse since 1990, had vanished.
The central tension of the book is how something so physically massive and difficult to move could simply "evaporate" without a trace. Narrative Style Obra maestra (2022)
While based on rigorous journalistic research, the author uses literary techniques to fill in the gaps of a story that seems too strange to be true. In 2005, the museum discovered that the sculpture,
The story is told through over 70 different voices , including museum directors, security guards, politicians, art experts, and the artist himself. the museum discovered that the sculpture
Tallón uses a "polyphonic" narrative technique to reconstruct the events. The guide to the book's structure includes:
It received the European Novel Prize "Casino de Santiago" in 2024.