{"id":12989,"date":"2021-01-22T10:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T09:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/?p=12989"},"modified":"2021-02-09T12:36:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T11:36:35","slug":"los-cinco-y-yo-antonio-orejudo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/los-cinco-y-yo-antonio-orejudo\/","title":{"rendered":"Los cinco y yo. Antonio Orejudo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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En la \u00faltima reuni\u00f3n del a\u00f1o (14 de diciembre 2020), los lectores del Instituto Cervantes de Dubl\u00edn discutieron sobre la quinta novela del escritor Antonio Orejudo, Los cinco y yo<\/em> (2017). La novela, ambientada en la Espa\u00f1a de los sesenta, se centra en la infancia del narrador (Toni), y sus recuerdos de su vida escolar durante los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os del franquismo. El narrador, quien creci\u00f3 durante esta \u00e9poca, cuenta la historia de las aventuras de Los cinco<\/em> de Enid Blyton, mezclando la ficci\u00f3n literaria con las experiencias que vivi\u00f3 junto con sus compa\u00f1eros. A un nivel m\u00e1s profundo, lo importante de esta novela, seg\u00fan afirman muchos cr\u00edticos, es el deseo de imaginarse una distinta ni\u00f1ez y la necesidad de disfrutar a lo m\u00e1ximo de esta \u00e9poca fundamental de la vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

En\nlo referente al contenido, un aspecto de la novela que llam\u00f3 la atenci\u00f3n de los\nlectores fue el papel de la ficci\u00f3n dentro de esta novela autobiogr\u00e1fica y su\ninfluencia sobre la capacidad del lector para entender y disfrutar de la\nnovela. La mayor\u00eda de los asistentes entendieron la importancia cultural de la\nreferencia a las novelas de Enid Blyton y la imagen que proyectan estas novelas\nde una infancia despreocupada, varios participantes afirmaron que, debido a la\nmezcla de hechos reales y fant\u00e1sticos, no pudieron identificarse con las\nexperiencias que describe el narrador durante su ni\u00f1ez. Por otro lado, varios\nlectores opinaron que la referencia a Los cinco<\/em> supone una decisi\u00f3n\npuramente sentimental por parte del autor que ayuda al lector a percibir el\nansia de la libertad de la generaci\u00f3n que creci\u00f3 durante esta \u00e9poca y su deseo\nde imaginarse una infancia totalmente diferente a la que vivieron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aunque\nlos asistentes no coincidieron sobre la validez de la mezcla de hechos reales y\nfant\u00e1sticos, todos compartieron la idea de que este libro arroja una luz muy\nsignificativa sobre el papel de la literatura como v\u00eda de escape de la que\ntodos nosotros dependemos. De esta manera, la referencia a las novelas de\nBlyton sirve para mostrarnos la capacidad de la literatura de liberarnos de\nnuestra realidad y dejarnos entrar en un mundo totalmente distinto al nuestro.\nEs decir, la referencia a los libros de Los cinco, <\/em>le permite al autor\nrecuperar los deseos que quer\u00eda ver cumplidos como ni\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adem\u00e1s\nde haber discutido el contenido de la primera mitad de la obra, la conversaci\u00f3n\nse centr\u00f3 principalmente en la capacidad de esta novela de apelar a toda una\ngeneraci\u00f3n por su retrato de la despreocupaci\u00f3n de la infancia y las esperanzas\nm\u00e1s profundas de los protagonistas. A pesar de la importancia de la\nincorporaci\u00f3n de la ficci\u00f3n literaria y la ausencia de un verdadero retrato de\nla ni\u00f1ez, no cabe duda de que el mensaje m\u00e1s profundo de la novela se centra en\nla necesidad de dejar vivir a los ni\u00f1os y de aprender, como adultos, de su\npropio sentido de abandono. Es decir, la referencia a las aventuras de Los\ncinco<\/em>, ayuda al autor a conectarse con su generaci\u00f3n por su retrato de una\ninfancia despreocupada, destacando as\u00ed la clara diferencia entre esa\ndespreocupaci\u00f3n y las inquietudes que subyacen la actual vida adulta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En\nresumen, podemos afirmar que el libro ofrece una estampa de las experiencias y\nlos sentimientos de una generaci\u00f3n olvidada que no tuvo ning\u00fan protagonismo\ndurante los a\u00f1os de la Transici\u00f3n y que todav\u00eda no se siente valorada por su\naportaci\u00f3n a la consolidaci\u00f3n de la democracia Espa\u00f1ola durante los noventa.\nTal y como han se\u00f1alado muchos lectores, el libro encierra la experiencia de\ntoda una generaci\u00f3n por su clara visi\u00f3n de las realidades de su momento actual\ny las esperanzas y las libertades que deber\u00edan haber caracterizado su ni\u00f1ez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texto de Philip McGinness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In\nthe most recent meeting of the Instituto Cervantes\u2019 Book Club on the 14th<\/sup>\nof January 2020, the club\u2019s reader discussed Antonio Orejudo\u2019s fifth book, Los\ncinco y yo<\/em> (\u2018Five and I\u2019). The novel, set in 1970s Spain, centres on the\nnarrator Toni and his memories of his school life during the later years of\nFrancoism. The narrator infuses his memories with the aventures of Enid\nBlyton\u2019s \u2018Famous Five\u2019, combining literary fiction with the real-life events of\nhis childhood. On a much deeper level, as many critics have pointed out, the defining\naspect of this novel lies in its representation of Toni\u2019s imagining of a\ndifferent childhood and the need to enjoy childhood to the fullest extent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With\nregards to content, one aspect of the novel that drew readers\u2019 attention was the\nrole of fiction and its influence on the reader\u2019s ability to understand and\nenjoy the novel. Although many readers, the majority of whom Irish, understood\nthe importance of the cultural reference to the novels of Enid Blyton and their\ndepiction of a care-free youth, various readers argued that this mixture of\nreal-life and fictional events hampered their ability to identify with the\nnarrator\u2019s experiences. On the other hand, other readers believe that this was\na purely sentimental decision from the author, thus allowing the reader to\nproperly understand the desire for freedom that characterised his generation and\ntheir need to imagine a different childhood to the one they lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although\nthe readers couldn\u2019t agree on the value of this combination of real-life and\nfictional events, almost all agreed that this novel sheds a deeper light on the\nrole of literature as an important modern escape route upon which we have all\ncome to depend. In this sense, through his reference to the novels of Enid\nBlyton, Orejudo reminds us of the capacity of literature to free us of our\nreality and to allow us to enter into a world entirely different to our own. To\nthis effect, Orejudo\u2019s decision to incorporate the adventures of the \u2018Famous\nFive\u2019 into his own novel exposes his own yearning to experience the desires\nthat he once dreamed of as a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\naddition to discussing the content of the first half of the novel, the\nconversation quickly moved to the ability of this novel to appeal to an entire\ngeneration, such is its representation of a care-free youth and the most\nintimate hopes of its characters. Despite the importance attached to literary\nfiction within the novel and the absence of a true portrayal of the narrator\u2019s\nchildhood, it appears that the author\u2019s deeper message centres on the\nsignificance of childhood freedom and our need, as adults, to learn from their\nown sense of abandon. In other words, his use of the adventures of the \u2018Famous\nFive\u2019 the author to connect with his generation through this depiction of\ncarefree youth, thus emphasising the contrast between a childhood sense of\nabandon and the worries and stresses underpinning adult life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nessence, this novel offers a clear image of the experiences and emotions of a\nforgotten generation of Spaniards without a role during the Transition\n(1975-1982) and who now feel undervalued for their contribution to the\nconsolidation of Spanish democracy. As many \nreaders have highlighted, Orejudo\u2019s novel encompasses the experiences of\nan entire generation, owing to its lucid vision of the realities of their\nmodern existence and their longing for the hopes and freedoms that ought to\nhave marked their youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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