Anna escaping the end of a passionate relationship, travels to a conservative spanish town, where she is always observed, and observes.She has a few adventures, runs into a long ago acquaintance, struggles to find accomodation she can settle into, falls into disparate love with a maid from the hotel. Is rescued by an alcoholic artist whose got a armful of unreliable stories. At times i felt i was reading an hallucinatory tale - I think i would have read this book completely differently if I'd picked it up 30 years ago, but I think it's a bit dated and it's themes are unclear. ( )