The latest addition to my website is Spain » Antonio Muñoz Molina‘s Tus pasos en la escalera (Your Steps on the Stairs). Bruno – we only learn his name towards the end of the book, – has moved from New York (where he lost his job) to Lisbon. His wife Cecilia. who studies the brain, will be joining him later. One of the reasons for moving to Lisbon is the climate is better there, as the world is facing major problems caused by climate change though this is not necessarily in the future as Trump is US president.The couple had found a flat and Bruno, with the help of an expatriate Argentinean Alexis. get the flat ready for Cecilia’s arrival,trying to make it look similar to their New York one. However what seem to be a climate change novel soon becomes a novel about solitude and its effects. Bruno claims to be managing being on his own but is clearly struggling and seems to cut off virtually all contact with others and reads, reminisces and goes on on solitary runs.