Historicalmemoryhasaparticularvalueinanalyzingeventsandcharactersthatgivelifetostoriesfromthepast.JorgeEdwardsspecifiesthatthestory’sdescriptionisnothingmorethantheliterarysuccessofawriterwhonavigatesthevicissitudesoflifeandhistory,asherightlypointsout.Historymustbeobservedcarefullyandasa“conjecture”thatpoints,inthefirstplace,toanexperienceof“memory”andthatkeepsalive,despitetime,theuniquerealityofacountryanditspeople.LikeEdwards,weattempttowanderthroughreminiscencesandrecollection.Ournarrativeexperienceissimple.However,itisanobservationandrepresentationofhistorywithatestimonialvalueinitsapproach.Asthenovelistpointsout,thetestimonyofhistoryisthemostcreativethingthatthewriterhas.Inthesameway,oureffortisneithermorenorlesstherescue,throughtheseshortstoriesandtheirlanguage,offactsandcharactersthatarepartofrealities,inwhichtheirprotagonistsmaketimepassandtellusthingsfromthepast.
Edwardsisaninspirationalsource,likeothernovelists,whettingourappetitesinhissearchforhistory,facts,andexperiencesthatgiveusauniqueopportunitytodelveintotheprocessofhistoryinanendlessdialoguethatenrichesandcontinuesgivinglifetothepast,inaninfiniteinventionofit.Itisultimatelythefeelingthatwehaveofthingsthathappenedandthatwecancontinuelearningfromthem.Thesememoriesandlivedexperiencesarestoriesthatperpetuatecharacters,intellectuals,writers,works,teachings,andplacesthatexpressanessentialpartoflifethroughreadings,reflections,andsignificantlooksatchroniclesthatresistoblivionanddisappearance.Fromeachoftheseshortstories,wegatheravitalpartofthesearchforthetruthandtherealmeaningoflife.
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