The Boy from Salamanca – A Love Story Written in Poetry
Rebecca Rijsdijk’s The Boy from Salamanca is a breathtaking fusion of prose and poetry—a love letter wrapped in ink, memory, and the quiet moments that define a life.
Rebecca Rijsdijk’s The Boy from Salamanca is a breathtaking fusion of prose and poetry—a love letter wrapped in ink, memory, and the quiet moments that define a life. This is a book for those who have loved deeply, who have wandered through cities searching for pieces of themselves, and who understand that love is found in the smallest gestures: a hand reaching for yours in the night, the familiar scent of a lover’s skin, the way a shared life unfolds in whispered conversations and lazy Sunday mornings.
About the Book
In the shadowy streets of Salamanca, amidst echoes of the past and the pulse of the present, The Boy from Salamanca unfolds as a deeply personal and profoundly universal love story. With raw tenderness and striking lyricism, Rijsdijk captures fleeting moments—first meetings, missed trains, the hush of city lights at dawn—while weaving together a narrative of passion, belonging, and the quiet intimacy of a love that feels both new and ancient.
This is a book about love that lingers in the everyday. The way a lover folds their shirts, the way fingers trace a back in the dark, the way a simple cup of tea can mean I see you, I love you, I am here. It is about longing, about finding home in another person, about the beauty of a love that does not demand but simply is.
What You’ll Find in This Collection
A Love Story in Fragments – Told through a series of poetic vignettes, the collection moves seamlessly through time and place, capturing both the quiet and the seismic moments of falling in love.
Sensory and Evocative Writing – Rijsdijk’s words taste of pine trees and sea salt, of city lights and red wine, of the weight of history and the thrill of the present.
Honest and Unapologetic Emotion – From desire to devotion, from heartbreak to healing, The Boy from Salamanca explores the depths of love in all its raw and vulnerable beauty.
An Exploration of Connection – Love here is not just passion—it is tenderness, it is companionship, it is the space between two people that becomes something sacred.
Praise for the Book
"The Boy from Salamanca" is a masterful blend of prose poetry, where the lyrical dance of words paints a vivid tapestry of human experience. This book captures the essence of fleeting moments and deep emotions, weaving them into a rich narrative that explores the intimate contours of love, loss, and the bittersweet tang of memory.
Who is This Book For?
If you have ever loved someone with your whole being, if you have ever felt the weight of absence or the fullness of a shared moment, this book is for you. The Boy from Salamanca is for the romantics, the dreamers, the ones who know that the most powerful love stories are not found in grand gestures but in the spaces between words, in the stolen glances, in the quiet understanding that exists between two people who have chosen each other.
Order Your Copy
The Boy from Salamanca is more than a book—it is an experience, a moment of stillness in a fast-moving world. A love story that unfolds in poetry, waiting to be read, to be felt, to be lived.
Get your copy today and let yourself fall in love a little.