Paměť stromu – Vallés Tina (2023)

So can I be happy? Little Jan doesn't quite know why, but he feels that having five people at home isn't a good sign. Grandfather Joan and grandmother Caterina leave their native village to move into their apartment in the Sant Antoni district of Barcelona. This change disrupts the daily life of the household, where words and silence suddenly take on new meanings. However, Jan and grandfather Joan have their own world, full of walks, trees, and letters that have deeper meanings than they might seem at first glance. While the adults try to keep everything running as usual, Jan notices the little things around him, gradually building a picture of the real events. The conversations between grandfather and grandson, full of questions without answers and answers without questions, together form a mosaic of their relationship, guided in part by the story of grandfather's willow tree. The Memory of the Tree is a novel that can transport readers into the role of a child. It tells of the passing of memories and how they are created, preserved, where they are stored, and how they can be lost.