Memory Is You

16 hrs. 40 min.

Language Russian

Author Albert Bertrand Bas

Narrator Alexander Gavrilin

Description

Studying history can take a lifetime, but living it—only once. “Memory is You” is an unforgettable journey through the history of Spain through the eyes of a young Catalan who, in searching for himself, becomes a witness to momentous events and inventions, encounters historical figures and mysterious ghosts, makes friends, falls in love, and simply lives. In Albert Bertrand Bass’s literary debut, real events and fiction intertwine, creating a unique literary panorama in the best traditions of an adventure novel.

“My name is Homer, and during the war I lost my family. At fifteen, I crossed the Pyrenees on foot, going into exile. I grew up an orphan in the streets of Barcelona and touched death in the dungeons of ‘Uruguay’. I drank with Hemingway, greeted Hitler, and made love in Franco’s car. They shot at my back, and they shot at my heart. I made the cabaret ‘Mill’ fall silent; the Beautiful Dorita kissed me. I gripped the knife of the Sitting Bull. I was where the wind dies, and I slept among lost treasures. One day, they executed me. I knew geniuses and inspired some of them. I drank until I was drunk, laughed until tears, dreamed, stole, and killed. And I fell in love. Three times— with the same woman. Here is my story. Here is my odyssey.”