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446 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2011
鈥淥ne mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.鈥�
鈥淚've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself.鈥�
鈥淭he world's very small when you don't have anywhere to go.鈥�
In those days, Christmas still retained a certain aura of magic and mystery. The powdery light of winter, the hopeful expressions of people who lived among the shadows and silences, lent that setting a slight air of promise in which, at least children and those who had learned the art of forgetting, could still believe.Memory is erased as the corrupt surround themselves with their kind then intimidate speakers of truth into suppressing reality and promoting fiction. Although this is not at all referenced here I could not help but think of the McCarthy era in America, and today of those who claim a perfect knowledge of the American founders as a defense of their positions, and any and all political spinmeisters.
I don鈥檛 know where I鈥檝e read that deep down we鈥檝e never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happenedLies find their way into common experience
I鈥檝e seen a few cases and the patients often hear voices, or they see and remember people and events that have never taken place鈥he mind slowly deteriorates and the patient can no longer distinguish between reality and fiction.And a bow to the importance of historians, research and writing:
鈥渓ike seventy percent of Spaniards. 鈥�
cities have no memory and they need someone like me, a sage with his feet on the ground, to keep it aliveCemeteries of varying sorts pop up like mushrooms after a shower, Fermin has a close encounter with a particularly grisly one, there is the cemetery of forgotten books of course, and other visits take place as well. They seem to be locales where, ironically, truth is kept alive.
鈥溫з勝呚池傌ㄙ� 賱丕 賷兀鬲賷 亘丕賱兀賲賳賷丕鬲貙 丕賳賲丕 亘丕賱丕爻鬲丨賯丕賯丕鬲.鈥�
鈥溬囐嗀з� 兀夭賲賳丞 賵兀賲賰賳丞貙 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 賱丕 兀丨丿 兀卮乇賮 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 兀丨丿丕 賲丕.鈥�
賷毓賲丿 氐睾丕乇 丕賱賳賮賵爻 丿丕卅賲丕貙 丕賱賶 鬲賯夭賷賲 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳
廿賳 丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賮賳賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲賲丕賳 賴賷 丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲賰賮 毓賳 賲胤丕乇丿鬲賰 兀亘丿丕賸
乇賵丨賷 賲丿丕賳丞賹 兀爻丕爻賸丕貙 賵賱丕 兀賲賱 賮賷 廿賳賯丕匕賴丕 廿胤賱丕賯賸丕. 兀毓乇賮 兀賳賾賳賷 爻兀賰乇賾爻 賰賱賾 鬲賳賴賷丿丞貙 賲賳 丕賱兀賳賮丕爻 丕賱賲鬲亘賯賾賷丞 賱丿賷賾 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丿賳賷丕貙 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱孬兀乇
賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 鬲鬲毓亘 丕賱乇賵丨購 賲賳 丕賱賴乇亘. - 賯丕賱 賮賷乇賲賷賳 - 丕賱毓丕賱賲 氐睾賷乇賹 賱丿乇噩丞 兀賳賾賰 賱丕 鬲丿乇賷 兀賷賳 鬲賮乇賾 亘噩賱丿賰
鈥擲e帽or Sempere, no es por faltar, pero este ni帽o Jes煤s es tres veces m谩s grande que su padre putativo y casi no cabe en la cuna.
鈥擭o pasa nada. Se les hab铆an acabado los m谩s peque帽os.
鈥擯ues a m铆 me da que al lado de la Virgen parece uno de esos luchadores japoneses con problemas de sobrepeso que llevan el pelo engominado y los calzoncillos ce帽idos a la regatera.
鈥擲e llaman luchadores de sumo 鈥攄ije.
鈥擡sos mismos 鈥攃onvino Ferm铆n.
Mi padre suspir贸, negando para s铆.
" 丕賱丨孬丕賱丞 丕賱匕賷賳 毓賱賶 卮丕賰賱鬲賷 賴賲 丨賰丕賲 賴匕丕 丕賱亘賱丿 貙 賵丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱匕賷賳 賴賲 賲孬賱賰 賷亘賯賵賳 賮賷 丕賱馗賱 丿丕卅賲丕賸. 亘睾囟 丕賱賳馗乇 毓賲賾賳 賷賲爻賰 亘夭賲丕賲
丕賱兀賲賵乇."
" 賴賳丕賰 丕夭賲賳丞 賵 丕賲丕賰賳 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 賱丕 兀丨丿 丕卮乇賮 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 兀丨丿 賲丕 "