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.
Thoughts that have a feeling:
The most beautiful moments of life begin with the emergence of the first blossoms that remove the darkness of the night, illuminate the darkness of the dark sky, and remove from the universe the blackness of the place... Moments whose beauty only a few people realize, are the charming beginnings that appear before us with the first threads of dawn, with an echo that resounds with all silence. Throughout the universe, it gives us a deep sense of every detail of the universe, and makes us feel the value of this life that renews itself with the breath of the first fruits, during which it announces the awakening of the universe from its slumber and the emergence of life from its cradle.
دومًا ننتظر شخصًا ما.. نظن أن بوجوده تتبدّد كافة أوجاعنا ويغمرنا السلام، ونتوهّم أننا حينها سنشعر بالاكتمال! وتصفعنا الحقيقة أن ذاك الشخص الذي رأينا فيه المنقذ.. ربما هو من يمنحنا خيبتنا الكبرى.. وبدلًا من أن نُزهِر بجواره.. قد نذبل.. وننزوي.. ونتلاشى.. ونذوب
