Hidden+behind+your+name

(Premio Nadal 2010) This is a captivating horror story told without special effects, and it is also and especially, an interesting novel about memory and the redemption of guilt. Sandra has moved to a town on the east cost of Spain. She has left her job and she is pregnant. Time passes and she continues delaying the decision of what to do with her life. On the beach, she meets a couple of Norwegian seventy-somethings which could be the solution to Sandra´s problems. Julian, an elderly man who has just arrived from Argentina, is a survivor of Manthausen´s concentration camp. He observes the comings and goings of the Norwegians. One day Julian approaches Sandra and he reveals some details of the past which remind Sandra of scenes from any film or documentary; horrors in black and white that are not part of her life. Although the story seems crazy, Sandra starts to see her friends in a different light. She begins to pay more attention to the words and silence of the elderly couple. She does not realize that the end of her innocence is putting her life in danger. (Alcira Andrés, I2)
 * Hidden behind your name – Clara Sánchez **