{"id":13406,"date":"2023-04-21T14:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/?p=13406"},"modified":"2023-04-21T14:51:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:51:07","slug":"un-tranvia-en-sp-el-poder-sustentador-de-los-recuerdos-frente-a-la-desesperanza-the-sustaining-power-of-memories-amidst-human-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/un-tranvia-en-sp-el-poder-sustentador-de-los-recuerdos-frente-a-la-desesperanza-the-sustaining-power-of-memories-amidst-human-despair\/","title":{"rendered":"Un tranv\u00eda en SP: El poder sustentador de los recuerdos frente a la desesperanza | The sustaining power of memories amidst human despair."},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pesar de que Un tranv\u00eda en SP<\/em> de Unai Elorriaga se encuentra entre los libros espa\u00f1oles m\u00e1s vendidos de este siglo, se puede decir que ha pasado un tanto desapercibido fuera de Espa\u00f1a. Quiz\u00e1 este hecho sea debido en parte al \u00e9xito de otros libros y autores de su generaci\u00f3n (tales como Javier Cercas y Antonio Mu\u00f1oz Molina y el crecimiento del llamado g\u00e9nero de la \u2018literatura de memoria\u2019 encabezado por estos mismos escritores).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La novela de Elorriaga narra la historia de la \u00faltima etapa de la vida de un anciano, Lucas, que vive bajo el amparo de su hermana Mar\u00eda y que junto a ella comparte recuerdos y\u00a0 sue\u00f1os que ha albergado durante toda la vida y que a\u00fan espera cumplir. A lo largo de la trama, el narrador centra la atenci\u00f3n en el desarrollo de una inesperada amistad entre los dos ancianos y Marcos, un joven m\u00fasico que acaba viviendo con ellos. A trav\u00e9s de esta amistad y las relaciones entre el resto de personajes, el libro demuestra claramente el deseo que tienen los seres humanos de compartir sus experiencias y recuerdos, y de escuchar y entender las de los dem\u00e1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

En lo referente a la relaci\u00f3n entre los dos ancianos, el libro retrata muy bien su necesidad compartida de recordar las experiencias de su juventud a trav\u00e9s de di\u00e1logos frecuentes. A trav\u00e9s de estas conversaciones se animan a seguir intentando rescatar sus recuerdos perdidos. En el caso de Mar\u00eda, sabemos que ella depende mucho de las conversaciones con los dem\u00e1s en torno al pasado para entender el mundo desde diferentes perspectivas y, as\u00ed, poder construir y escribir sus propios cuentos. A trav\u00e9s de este proceso, revisamos nuestra propensi\u00f3n a compartir  experiencias paasadas para recuperar nuestra propia memoria  y para escuchar a los dem\u00e1s y llegar a un entendimiento m\u00e1s profundo de los acontecimientos que han condicionado sus vidas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adem\u00e1s de centrar nuestra atenci\u00f3n sobre la relaci\u00f3n interdependiente entre los dos ancianos, el autor tambi\u00e9n saca luz el valor de las amistades intergeneracionales mediante la figura de Marcos, un joven \u2018okupa\u2019 con quien Lucas y Mar\u00eda deciden compartir sus vidas. A lo largo de la novela, llegamos a darnos cuenta de lo  estrecha que es la relaci\u00f3n entre Marcos y los dos ancianos y de c\u00f3mo se entienden y apoyan entre s\u00ed. La novela trata de mostrarnos que son muchas las lecciones que podemos aprender de las personas mayores que nos rodean y la importancia de percibir a los ancianos desde la perspectiva de la convivencia y el respeto mutuo, y no desde de un punto de vista meramente econ\u00f3mico ni comercial. En el caso de Marcos, somos testigos de c\u00f3mo se dedica a ofrecer su ayuda a los dos ancianos y c\u00f3mo les muestra respeto escuchando sus historias y reconociendo la importancia de sus consejos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esta novela sigue cautivando a los lectores por su \u00edntimo retrato de la importancia de la comunicaci\u00f3n en el contexto de las relaciones humanas y c\u00f3mo dependemos de un constante y profundo intercambio comunicativo con nuestros seres queridos para sentirnos amados y valorados. Nos resulta muy f\u00e1cil identificarnos con los personajes debido a su deseo com\u00fan de comunicarse entre s\u00ed y de escuchar estrechamente las historias de los dem\u00e1s para obtener un mayor entendimiento de s\u00ed mismos y el mundo en general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texto de Frank McGuinness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whilst it finds itself amongst the best-selling Spanish novels of this century, Un tranv\u00eda en SP<\/em> by Unai Elorriaga, it could be argued that the book has gone somewhat unnoticed outside of Spain, possibly due to the popularity and success of other novels and authors of its period, including Javier Cercas and Antonio Munoz Molina, as well as the general interest, outside of Spain, in the so-called \u2018literature of the memory-boom\u2019 of the early 21st<\/sup> century. Nevertheless, the novel tells the story of the final stages of Lucas\u2019 life, an elderly man, who lives alongside his sister, Mar\u00eda, whom, together exchange stories of their pasts and the hopes and aspirations they have harboured throughout their lives and still wish to, one day, fulfil. Throughout the novel, the author focuses our attention specifically on the development of the relationship between the two elderly siblings and Marcos, a young musician, who ends up living with them both. By way of this unexpected relationship, and indeed, the relationships between all the characters, the novel reveals the desire of all human beings to share our memories and our interest in receiving and understanding those of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With regards the relationship between the two elderly siblings, the novels illustrates their shared need to remember together by way of a regular conservations as a means of widening their mental image of their earliest years. More specifically, through these conservations, they encourage each other to continue to try to rescue their forgotten memories of their past. In the case of Mar\u00eda, we are aware of her dependence on such conservations with others as a means of understanding the world from different perspectives and thus, enabling her to construct her own written stories. In this respect, the reader soon comes to reflect on our shared desire as human beings to share our memories as a means of improving our recollections of our lived experiences, but also, our eagerness to listen to those of others as a means of gaining a better understanding of the events that have shaped their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst focusing our attention on this interdependent relationship between the two elderly siblings, the novel also throws important light on the subject of intergenerational friendships, through the figure of Marcos, a young \u2018okupa\u2019 with whom they decide to share their lives. Throughout the novel, we quickly come to release the closeness of the relationship between Marcos and the two elderly siblings and the mutual trust and understanding that exists between them. Through Marcos\u2019 desire to listen attentively to the tales of the two elderly siblings, the novel attempts to demonstrate the litany of lessons we can take from our older relatives and friends and how we ought to live together with such members of society instead of viewing them exclusively from a crude economic or commercial perspective. In the case of Marcos, we observe his willingness to offer help to the siblings but also his desire to show them proper respect by listening to their tales and understanding the value of their advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At its core, this novel continues to captivate readers such is its intimate portrayal of the important of communication in human relationships and specifically, how we depend on a such constant interhuman communications in order to feel loved and valued. In this novel, the reader can easily identify with the characters such is their desire to maintain constant interhuman communications and to listen to others\u2019 perspectives as a means of better understanding themselves and the world around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text by Frank McGinness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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