Original text by Alfonso Ussía, from La albariza de los juncos Translated from the Spanish by William Guppy The mound and the coffin which contained the mortal remains of Father occupied the centre of the library. When I was told that my father had died, I experienced a mixed bag…

Original text by Alfonso Ussía, from La albariza de los juncos Translated from the Spanish by William Guppy Today Mother has, without any prior warning, forbid me from smoking. When I told her that a man of more than sixty years old cannot be forbidden from doing anything, I saw…

Original text by Alfonso Ussía, from La albariza de los juncos Translated from the Spanish by William Guppy Mother has gone more or less twenty years without leaving the house. …