Forty years have gone by since Anjel Lertxundi published his first book. In this fragmented essay, his gaze and memory pass over this long literary career, and the journey, as Cavafy would wish, has been fruitful.
Four stories, whose settings are different but share a similar atmosphere, form the microcosm that Clara Pastor skilfully and sensitively recreates for this volume, constructed from
Cuatro relatos, ambientados en escenarios distintos pero similar atmósfera, integran el microcosmos que Clara Pastor recrea con maestría y sensibilidad en este volumen, hecho de los merodeos de la memoria, que se ramifica en infinitas sendas, y de
Wendy and her patrol partner Roger come across a couple arguing in the street. The woman maintains that her partner mistreats her, while he calmly states that she is crazy and has been drinking. Who is telling the truth?
In West End, José Morella reconstructs the story of his grandfather Nicomedes, who suffered from mental illness during a time when any treatment was obstructed by the denial typical of the Franco era.
A mother tells her story of life in Galicia during the Second World War, including living with the presence of Nazis and what the extraction of Wolfram meant to the local people at the time.