Cristina Fernandez Cubas does not introduce her heroines to us easily. She takes us on straight paths at first glance, and at one moment, she turns everything upside down. We discover that her characters are torn between two realities, the separation between which is very precise: the fixed reality, and the imagined or delusional reality. . One of them overpowers the other at times, and at other times a reconciliation occurs between them, without us knowing which of them truly exists, and which of them does not exist.
“Nona’s Room,” which won the Critics’ Prize in Spain (2015) and the National Narrative Award (2016), is a magnifying glass through which we see the complexities of the human soul and the mystery that surrounds our lives without us always succeeding in observing and understanding it. In it, “Cubas” reconsiders childhood and maturity. And loneliness and family, revealing to us that nothing is really as it seems, writing all of this in transparent language and in a unique style that gives it a detective touch, with skill and lightness.
Sofia is a bold and hot-tempered child, unlike her grandmother, who takes care of her after her mother's death.
Every summer, you go on a new adventure together of a different kind: exploring parts of the island you live on, meeting new types of birds, swimming in the dangerous bay without Sofia’s father knowing, sleeping in a tent, building a miniature model of Venice, and writing a book about insects. .
Without addressing their true feelings, they spend their days in endless conversations and discussions about everything: the meaning of life and death, the nature of God and Satan, heaven and hell, and the concepts of love, family, friendship, and tolerance.
By creating an integrated world on a small, isolated island, Tova Jansson writes - in a magical style, and simple sentences loaded with profound concepts - a sweet novel about the friendship between a child who begins her journey in life, and her grandmother, who is approaching the end of this journey.
And in this novel specifically, escape is summed up...in the entire story!
You feel that you must return to this novel after the end
As if it was the happy ending that was supposed to be
That this was the eternal moment, that it was the right decision that had to be taken
If only we could strike a balance between pleasure and suffering...
And to escape from fears for certainty..
To learn to escape from our deadly questions to save the moments we love!
Let us enjoy stability on the shoulder of safety
Don't run away from us..
في يوم من الايام سوف يكتمل البشري الجني و يصبح الاقوى ، و ستكون بصيرته سوداء ، و سيأتي له يوم و يفقد قلبه ، و يعيش في الظلام بضعة أيام ، و سوف يحظى بالمارد العظيم ، و سيعلم بمقتل أبيه الجني و أمه البشرية من قِبَل حاكم ممالك الجن الشرير ، و سيجتمع بالفرسان الثلاثة ليرشدوه للطريق الصحيح ليدخل إلى العالم الآخر كي يعثر على مخطوطات المردة ، و سيجد قلبه من جديد ، و يحاول تحرير العالم من مخططات الحاكم الشرير بالاستحواذ على عالم الإنس و الجن
