Los ojos tras la montaña

A conversation about a novel tracing three generations of Casa Puértolas in the Aragonese Pyrenees.

In conversation with Pablo Fantova Ullod , author of Los ojos tras la montaña , who will provide an insight into his book which recreates the story of Casa Puértolas in Los Molinos, a village located in a remote area of the Aragonese Pyrenees, spanning the 20th century and three generations of the family.

María, the heiress to the house, must face a time of social, political, and technological change: from the days when “the isolated location allowed no model beyond self-sufficiency,” to the timid arrival of electricity, through the Civil War, the resistance movements of the maquis , the harshness of the postwar period, urban development, the transition to democracy, and the gradual abandonment of rural life — which brought an end to an ancestral way of living.

The author will help us discover the wisdom passed down through generations and the legacy of a way of life deeply connected to nature. With a blend of magic and tragic realism, this novel bears witness to a collective memory that refuses to be forgotten.