It begins with a boy who was not born a nationalist and ends with a nationalist who was never a boy.
At least, that is a possible beginning and end. In the words of Aristotle, we now only lack the middle to have a complete story.
So now that we know it begins with a boy, let’s move towards the middle, where we can place him geographically in Barcelona, Spain …
Read the rest of the essay “The Boy in the Classroom“, or read the entire literary magazine Loud Zoo.