El cuarto de atrás - Carmen Martín Gaite

Durante una noche de insomnio, la escritora recibe la visita de un desconocido interlocutor cuya identidad permanecerá oculta en todo momento... Los recuerdos de infancia y juventud en Salamanca se irán mezclando con sus reflexiones sobre los sueños, el amor, la escritura o la memoria. «El cuarto de atrás es un ensayo sobre el oficio de escribir, un libro de memorias y una novela fantástica. Pero, por encima de todo ello, es una larga conversación. Todos los libros de Carmen Martín Gaite son una conversación, pues para ella escribir nunca fue distinto a hablar. Hablar con alguien ausente, puede que desconocido, pero, en definitiva, una conversación en toda regla.» Gustavo Martín Garzo.

Published: 1981-01-01 (Continental Book Company)

ISBN: 9788423311019

Language: Spanish

Format: Paperback, 181 pages

Goodreads' rating: -

Genres

Cultural European Literature Fiction Spain Spanish Literature

Reviews

Valentin rated it

Well, this looks weird.

Georgianne rated it

I really enjoyed parts of this novel, particularly her reminiscing about what life was like in Francos Spain and during the war. The fact that it was hard to tell what was meant to be real and what fantasy added a sense of tension, almost the kind I feel when watching horror movies waiting for the scary parts to start. It is a very feminist work, talking a lot about avoiding the constrictions of being a good middle class girl - Im super curious about the Social Service she talks about having to complete as a student. The first 25 or so pages were a bit off putting, because it was hard at first to determine if the narrator was a man or woman, old or young, and I was thinking it would all be passages of impossible to understand dream sequences, but thankfully that wasnt the case. I think in a lot of ways I far would have preferred a more conventional narrative about life under Franco and how war affects a child, because I think it was the novelty of that subject that I enjoyed most.

Dolli rated it

This book is good, but could have been way better. The original postmodern narrating style just didn't do anything for me.

Melina rated it

Simplemente no está mal. Al leerla tan rápido m ha resultado un poco tediosa pero también por los desvaríos y las confusiones de la protagonista... En fin.

Aloysius rated it

It's not that this was a bad book or anything, but it was difficult to follow. There were so many flashbacks without any warning, or old dialogues just popping up in the protagonist's head, that you never really knew what was actually happening (between C. and the man in black), flashback, or just random sentences going through her head. I understand that the point of this book is to blend the line between reality and fantasy, which I did enjoy, I just think a reason why I was a little more lost than I should have been was because I was reading it in my 2nd language - Spanish.