Obra Maestra (2022) Instant

The central tension of the book is how something so physically massive and difficult to move could simply "evaporate" without a trace. Narrative Style

(2022) is a non-fiction novel by Spanish journalist and author Juan Tallón . It investigates the bizarre, real-life disappearance of a massive 38-ton sculpture from the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid. Core Mystery: The Missing Sculpture

The story is told through over 70 different voices , including museum directors, security guards, politicians, art experts, and the artist himself. Obra maestra (2022)

It received the European Novel Prize "Casino de Santiago" in 2024.

Beyond the mystery, it explores the bureaucracy of art institutions, the concept of artistic value, and the absurdity of contemporary life. Recognition The novel has been highly acclaimed in European literature: The central tension of the book is how

Tallón uses a "polyphonic" narrative technique to reconstruct the events. The guide to the book's structure includes:

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. Core Mystery: The Missing Sculpture The story is

In 2005, the museum discovered that the sculpture, which had been in a storage warehouse since 1990, had vanished.