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ملف شتاين
ملفّ شتاين – 1968، جزيرة مايوركا الإسبانية. بابلو ريدورسا مراهقٌ يعيش مع جدَّيه حياةً باهتةً، يغرق في عاداتهما البالية ويختنق في غرف استقبالهما المبهرجة. منفذه الوحيد تلك الدقائق القليلة التي يقضيها في تأمّل وجه والدَيه «المستطيل»، أمٌّ وأبٌ لا يعرف عنهما شيئًا إلّا تلك البطاقات البريديّة، كلّ واحدة من مدينة مختلفة.
إلى يوم ظهور غييرمو شتاين، الطالب الجديد. فبين القمصان المقلّمة وقَصّات الشعر المتشابهة، برز شتاين في واقي مطر أحمر وسروال جلديّ، وجرأة تبلغ حدّ الوقاحة. يومذاك، اكتشف ريدورسا بُعدًا جديدًا للألوان. رآها نورًا يشعّ من منزل شتاين وأخته باولا، هذين الغريبين اللذين يجرؤان على العيش في عالم ملوّن.
إلى يوم ظهور غييرمو شتاين، الطالب الجديد. فبين القمصان المقلّمة وقَصّات الشعر المتشابهة، برز شتاين في واقي مطر أحمر وسروال جلديّ، وجرأة تبلغ حدّ الوقاحة. يومذاك، اكتشف ريدورسا بُعدًا جديدًا للألوان. رآها نورًا يشعّ من منزل شتاين وأخته باولا، هذين الغريبين اللذين يجرؤان على العيش في عالم ملوّن.
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First published January 2, 1985
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April 21, 2021
من أدب نوفيلا. نحن في اسبانيا بعد نهاية الحرب العالمية 2 في مايوركا الهادئة و مع مراهق " بابلو ريدورسا" الذي يعيش مع جديه (لسفر والديه المستمر) حياة عادية و روتينية بين أقرانه في المدرسة الكاثوليكية و الذي سيعرف تغيرا بعد التحاق تلميذ جديد "غييرمو شتاين" الذي سيشكل بؤرة سؤال و فضول حوله باعتباره الحالة الدخيلة على الجماعة لا من ناحية الشكل او الهندام ؛ أنه الآخر الغريب .
March 19, 2021
The Stein Report is one of those short books that's about more than it seems at first glance. The title, punning on the reports that are written about school students that so very rarely tell you anything about the human beings to whom they refer, introduces the central character, Guillermo Stein, who makes his presence felt from the moment he arrives at the school.
What is that coat of arms which does not appear in the atlas, and why is it sufficiently important to be on the first page of a story set in the era of Francoist Spain? (We can date the story from a reference on p.98 to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968).
From what I can see at Wikipedia, I think the coat-of-arms is this one, the arms of the Spanish monarch between 1924 and 1931. It's not the coat-of-arms of the short-lived Spanish republic (1931-1938), nor is it the coat-of-arms of Francoist Spain (1938-1977). No, these arms referred to by the narrator are the arms of Alfonso XIII, the Spanish king who acquiesced to the military dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1930). Alfonso bunked off to exile in 1931 when he realised that the monarchy was just as unpopular as the dictator, and—having watched from afar as Spain tore itself apart in the Civil War, (1936-1939) renounced his claim to the throne in 1941. And while his two eldest sons renounced their claim as well, the third son Juan did not. And so... this school student Guillermo Stein not only has connections with a possible restoration of the monarchy, but is not afraid to show it.
A little later, there's a reference to exploring the jungles of that nation whose coat of arms did not appear in the atlas. This is a reference to the Rif War (in Morocco, 1920-1927) with which Alfonso was closely associated. Constitutional monarchs are supposed to keep out of politics, but Alfonso supported the Africanists who fancied a new empire in Africa to compensate for the possessions they'd lost in the Americas and Asia. They were opposed by the abandonistas who wanted to abandon Morocco as not worth the cost in lives. The point being that Spain was deeply divided, not only by these issues but by stark inequities and the right-wing conservatism of the Catholic church. But Llop is also alluding to the denial of Spain's history under Franco: even the atlas is in denial about what is, in the 1960s, recent history. And that alerts the reader to the question of how it is that a teenage schoolboy is able to recognise that contentious coat-of-arms.
The answer is, in his grandfather's home, where there are old photos, magazines and books.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2021/03/19/t...
Guillermo Stein came to the school in the middle of the year, arriving on a bicycle. None of us came to school by bicycle.
Guillermo Stein's bicycle was an Italian bicycle, black in colour and very high. You would hardly have seen him over his bicycle, this newcomer Stein, if he hadn't been wearing a red rain cape over his shoulders, tied at the neck, off which the raindrops slid onto the ground. Because that was the year it rained all it ever could, when it didn't stop raining throughout the school year. That was why none of us came to school by bicycles. Beneath the line of umbrellas we saw Guillermo Stein arrive: we saw his back sheathed in that red cape and, beside the lamp on the rear mud guard, a white oval plate with two black letters —CD—and a coat of arms with a Latin motto and unicorns and fleurs-de-lys. Guillermo Stein had come to school on a bicycle that belonged to the diplomatic corps of a nation whose coat of arms did not appear in the atlas. (p.9)
What is that coat of arms which does not appear in the atlas, and why is it sufficiently important to be on the first page of a story set in the era of Francoist Spain? (We can date the story from a reference on p.98 to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968).From what I can see at Wikipedia, I think the coat-of-arms is this one, the arms of the Spanish monarch between 1924 and 1931. It's not the coat-of-arms of the short-lived Spanish republic (1931-1938), nor is it the coat-of-arms of Francoist Spain (1938-1977). No, these arms referred to by the narrator are the arms of Alfonso XIII, the Spanish king who acquiesced to the military dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923-1930). Alfonso bunked off to exile in 1931 when he realised that the monarchy was just as unpopular as the dictator, and—having watched from afar as Spain tore itself apart in the Civil War, (1936-1939) renounced his claim to the throne in 1941. And while his two eldest sons renounced their claim as well, the third son Juan did not. And so... this school student Guillermo Stein not only has connections with a possible restoration of the monarchy, but is not afraid to show it.
A little later, there's a reference to exploring the jungles of that nation whose coat of arms did not appear in the atlas. This is a reference to the Rif War (in Morocco, 1920-1927) with which Alfonso was closely associated. Constitutional monarchs are supposed to keep out of politics, but Alfonso supported the Africanists who fancied a new empire in Africa to compensate for the possessions they'd lost in the Americas and Asia. They were opposed by the abandonistas who wanted to abandon Morocco as not worth the cost in lives. The point being that Spain was deeply divided, not only by these issues but by stark inequities and the right-wing conservatism of the Catholic church. But Llop is also alluding to the denial of Spain's history under Franco: even the atlas is in denial about what is, in the 1960s, recent history. And that alerts the reader to the question of how it is that a teenage schoolboy is able to recognise that contentious coat-of-arms.
The answer is, in his grandfather's home, where there are old photos, magazines and books.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2021/03/19/t...
December 1, 2014
spanish writer josé carlos llop has authored novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and diaries. the stein report (el informe stein), the first of his novels, was published in 1995 and won the prix écureuil for foreign literature upon its release in french. a coming-of-age novella set on the spanish island of majorca in the 60s, the stein report is narrated by young pablo ridorsa, entranced along with his classmates by the arrival of an enigmatic student named guillermo stein. seeking to learn the background of stein, they set about uncovering the details of his family history - only to discover more than they had anticipated at first glance.
the stein report is, at times, an interesting story, but lacks the necessary development of plot or character that might lend the work feeling or import. llop writes well enough, but the novella reads more like a sketch than a fully-fledged work of fiction.
*translated from the spanish by howard curtis (flaubert, izzo, halter, et al.)
the stein report is, at times, an interesting story, but lacks the necessary development of plot or character that might lend the work feeling or import. llop writes well enough, but the novella reads more like a sketch than a fully-fledged work of fiction.
*translated from the spanish by howard curtis (flaubert, izzo, halter, et al.)
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October 4, 2024Misteri. Anys 70. Palma. Nins de 12 anys.. Culpa. Adolescència. On són el pares. Avis. Col.legi de jesuites. Postals.
Ambientada a l'illa de Mallorca dels anys 60, arrenca amb l'arribada d'un nouvingut que desequilibrarà les coses. Encuriosits per ell, els companys d'escola de Stein intentaran desentranyar els secrets que amaga aquest personatge enigmàtic, una recerca que els portarà a desvetllar preguntes sense resposta del seu propi passat i fer una visió fugaç del món dels adults que tenen davant.
Joia literària, considerada per la crítica com una de les millors novel·les curtes de la ficció espanyola del segle XX, The Stein Report va ser guardonada amb el Prix Ecureuil de Litterature Etrangere per la seva publicació a França.
" Guillermo Stein llegó al colegio a mitad de curso y lo hizo en bicicleta"
Ambientada a l'illa de Mallorca dels anys 60, arrenca amb l'arribada d'un nouvingut que desequilibrarà les coses. Encuriosits per ell, els companys d'escola de Stein intentaran desentranyar els secrets que amaga aquest personatge enigmàtic, una recerca que els portarà a desvetllar preguntes sense resposta del seu propi passat i fer una visió fugaç del món dels adults que tenen davant.
Joia literària, considerada per la crítica com una de les millors novel·les curtes de la ficció espanyola del segle XX, The Stein Report va ser guardonada amb el Prix Ecureuil de Litterature Etrangere per la seva publicació a França.
" Guillermo Stein llegó al colegio a mitad de curso y lo hizo en bicicleta"
January 6, 2021
أول رواية قصيرة مترجمة اقراؤها، أنهيتها في يوم واحد، تعجبت من غزارة الأحداث والأسماء والشخصيات الإسبانية المحصورة في 78 صفحة فقط وثلاثة فصول.
وبرغم تفاصيلها الباهتة والمكررة ألا أنها وصفت الواقع.
وبالطبع كقارئة، دوما أشعر بالفضول وأرغب بمعرفة المزيد عن الشخصيات والأسرار ولكن كما قال ريدورسا "تلك هي الحياة، ربّما، أي أن لا نعرف شيئًا عن أحد، ولا حتّى عن نفسنا، وأن نعيش كما لو أنّنا نعرف"
وبرغم تفاصيلها الباهتة والمكررة ألا أنها وصفت الواقع.
وبالطبع كقارئة، دوما أشعر بالفضول وأرغب بمعرفة المزيد عن الشخصيات والأسرار ولكن كما قال ريدورسا "تلك هي الحياة، ربّما، أي أن لا نعرف شيئًا عن أحد، ولا حتّى عن نفسنا، وأن نعيش كما لو أنّنا نعرف"
March 11, 2021
un cuento más que una novela. Una anécdota más que un relato. No se trata de lo que explica, una trama meramente futil, sino como lo explica y la descripción de una época, los 50, intuyo, en Mallorca...si eras un niño pijo de buena familia de rancio abolengo, enjundia y prosapia, claro está. Curioso. Se lee en una tarde, eso si.
August 31, 2022
A little nostalgia piece about knowledge and mystery and growing up. Yes, there's an inexplicable naked lady. Yes, the whole thing is improbable and dreamlike. Overall pleasant, thoughtful vibe.
Recommend for Murakami readers.
Recommend for Murakami readers.
June 30, 2020
عادية جدا
October 30, 2025
مع ان الترجمة رائعة الا ان القصة خيبت املي، كان الوصف فيها يحتل حيزا كبيرا جدا اكبر من الاحداث نفسها.. لا انصح ابدا بقراءتها واعطيتها نجمة واحدة من اجل الترجمة الجيدة فقط.
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October 31, 2025Tengo la edad del autor. Recordaré siempre este libro porque ha sido capaz de aflorar el yo niño que quedaba en mí.
January 31, 2012
este libro me resultó extraño... quizás, ya que no conozco el trasfondo de este, se me haga confuso. Aún así, honestamente disfrute la prosa.
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July 16, 2015رواية سيئة جداً لا أنصح أحداً بقراءتها!
July 20, 2019
Un livre sur la fin des illusions de l'enfance et sur l'hypocrisie et les mensonges du monde adulte.
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