En memoria de la memoria

After the death of her aunt, the narrator faces the arduous (yet evocative) task of emptying an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, intimate diaries and countless memories: the trace of a life, the repository of a century of existence in Russia. These fragments of personal history, collected with great care, recount the vicissitudes of a Jewish family of humble origins that managed to survive the relentless persecution of their people during the last century. Stepánova signs a text of extraordinary literary value, in which, intertwining genres, she proposes a daring reflection on history and the mechanisms of memory, and where impressions, remembrances and the most varied characters also have a place. A subtle, intelligent and beautiful book, impregnated with the delicacy of good poetry.