El temps de l'oblit

by Jordi Sierra i Fabra

Carlos, un noi de 18 anys, s'instal·la en un poblet del País Basc. La música és el lligam per conèixer Tetxu, personatge marcat per un drama peculiar: és fill d'un militant etarra i ara viu amb la seva mare, una dona que ha intentat que el seu fill portés una vida com la resta dels joves. I també hi ha Ainhoa, la noia que ha aconseguit amb la seva dolçor tornar a fer somriure Tetxu.

El temps de l'oblit, guanyadora del Premi Columna Jove, és una novel·la intensa, de sentiments forts i contradictoris, la història de dos joves que superaran a través de l'amistat l'hostilitat del món que els ha tocat viure.

163 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

1947
—Born in Barcelona, July 26th.
1955
—Serious accident. First literary incursions.
1959
—First full-length novel, 500 pages. Firm intention to become a writer.
1964
—Graduates from high school. Attends technical school at night and works during the day for a construction company.
1968
—First professional attempts in the musical field. Founder of and collaborator in El Gran Musical radio programme (Cadena SER, Madrid). Additional collaborations with Radio Barcelona.
—Writes articles and collaborations for La Prensa in Barcelona and for Nuevo Diario in Madrid.
1969
—Correspondent for El Gran Musical in Barcelona.
1970
—Quits job and studies to work full-time as a music critic. Manages the weekly magazine Disco Express.
—Starts travelling all over the world with top musicians.
1972
—First book published: 1962-72 Historia de la música pop (1962-72 A history of pop music), the first work in its genre published in Spain and a best-seller.
—Works as an editorial adviser, collaborating, writing and founding several music magazines, such as Top Magazine and Extra.
1973
—Founds and features in Popular 1, a pioneer monthly magazine about rock.
1974
—Becomes executive manager of Popular 1.
—Finalist to the Ciudad de Murcia Literature Prize.
—Hosts the Semanario Informativo de la Música Pop (Pop Music Weekly News), a radio programme to be aired for four years on Barcelona’s Radio Peninsular.
1975
—Villa de Bilbao Novel Prize.
1976
—Resigns as executive manager of Popular 1 to devote himself to literature and travelling.
—Beginning of the musical anthology collection (biographies and history) Música de Nuestro Tiempo (Music of Our Time). Writes and publishes 24 books in the following years.
1977
—Co-founder of Super-Pop magazine, on young people’s music. Number one in Spain in its category after only a few months in print.
1978
—Finalist to the Planeta Novel Prize.
—Resigns as manager of Disco Express after 9 years.
1979
—Ateneo de Sevilla Novel Prize.
1981
—Gran Angular Young People’s Literature Prize.
—Begins publishing Historia de la música rock (A history of rock music) in 100 instalments (6 volumes) over 2 years.
1982
—First lecture circuits for primary and secondary schools around Spain, prompted by the boom in children and young people’s literature. Continues activities in schools to this day, giving more than 100 lectures a year.
1983
—Wins Gran Angular Youth Literature Prize for the second time.
1985
—Birth of the detective character Daniel Ross.
1987
—Author of the radio serial Ya es de oro (Gold Already) for Cadena SER.
1988
—Births of the literary characters Zuk-1 and Sam Numit.
—El joven Lennon (Young Lennon) remains on the young adult fiction best-seller list for 11 months.
—First books translated into Italian, German, French, Greek, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Dutch, English, Japanese, etc. (still translated to this day).
1989
—Birth of Victor, another literary character.
—First Daniel Ross film on TV, La sombra del delator (The shadow of the informer), aired on March 1994 with Mario Gas and Manuel Aleixandre in the leading roles.
1990
—Vaixell de Vapor Children’s Literature Prize.
—Timun Mas begins publishing Sam Numit. A total of 6 books in 2 years.
—Designs a trivia game on rock music.
1991
—Wins the Gran Angular Young People’s Literature Prize for the third time in 10 years.
1992
—Wins the CCEI 1991 Best Children’s Book Prize.
—Diccionario de los Beatles (A Beatles Dictionary), first book in the world published under this concept and title.
1993
—Publishes the encyclopaedia Los grandes del rock de la A a la Z (Rock legends from A to Z) in Italy, titled Los mitos del rock en vivo (Live rock legends), 100 instalments, 5 volumes.

Reviews

[montse 🧶 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this for class but I did not like it that much
I don't care about the characters, I think the two main ones have the same personality and they all are too simple
I found the writing style pretentious and trying to be poetic and the plottwist was very predictable
What especially annoyed me was that this book didn't pass the bechdel test AT ALL
there were only two female chacters: the girlfriend (she didn't really have a personality and just supported her boyfriend, i dont even know why she was included in the story) and the mother (has a bit more character and possibly the best written one)

[Judiiit123 · Rating 3 out of 5]

És el primer llibre que llegeixo d'aquest autor i la veritat és que no m'ha desagradat. La trama és interessant, els personatges molt ben estructurats i tot i que la història no avança amb un ritme molt ràpid, és acceptable. Tot i així, alguns capítols sobraven (es a dir només hi eren per fer "relleno") i d'altres avançaven massa lent. No el recomanaria però si t'el has de llegir per oblicació, no està malament.

[Jessica Pecas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Este es el segundo libro del autor que leo y la verdad, con todo mi pesar, creo que no seguiré comprando libros de este autor ya que la lectura se me hace muy lenta ya que las tramas no tienen mucha "chicha" y tampoco son libros que me transmitan demasiado. Tal vez no esté hecho para mi o he hecho malas elecciones para con el autor.

[Mariana Moreno · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pues meh, otra vez. Se supone que debería ser una historia llegadora pero no lo fue, al menos, para mi. Es que es un libro muy cortito, el audiolibro creo dura 1hr 30m. Y no te llega por lo mismo que todo pasa muy rápido, no te encariñas con los personajes ni nada.
Me gustan los libros de Jordi, y entré a este sin expectativas, así que ni me decepcionó ni nada.
Thank you, next.

[Miguel Ángel · Rating 5 out of 5]

De los libros que leí de I Fabra, este fue el que mas me gustó, una amistad entre dos amigos que, en un principio, parecen muy diferente, unidos por la música de Led Zeppelin, -allí descubrí su música-. Con un trasfondo tan triste como lo fue el terrorismo español.

[Nara · Rating 2 out of 5]

No es un mal libro, sin embargo, la trama no es nada del otro mundo tampoco.

Más allá de unos cuantos momentos emocionantes (en el sentido de que generan bastante curiosidad), no ocurre nada relevante. Y el final es algo predecible, pero bonito aún así.

[Javier Recinos · Rating 3 out of 5]

excelentes referencias musicales pero mucha amista' y pocos gays, necesitaba más gays. amenísimo ver palabras del euskera y aprender de la guerra civil española. agradable obra, nunca la volveré a leer.

[Iván · Rating 4 out of 5]

Era difícil evitar no saltar-se bastantes descripcions que precedien un diáleg important. Error de redacció reiterat. No obstant això, força interessant. El temps ho cura tot!

[Sofi queleocuandoleo.arg · Rating 2 out of 5]

Audiolibro: amo al escritor, pero no me enganche en ningún momento, la sentí aburrida y lenta. Esta historia no es para mi.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ràpid de llegir. Encara que es fa pesat, l'historia avança poc a poc i no saps molt be com anirà. El millor del llibre? El final inesperat.

[Anna]

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