MEMORIE, FICȚIUNE ȘI REALITATE ÎN ROMANELE LUI ANTONIO MUÑOZ MOLINA
Memory, Fiction and Reality in Antonio Muñoz Molina’s Novels

Summary/Abstract: Often compared to Jorge Luis Borges or even to William Faulkner for theintricate and symbolic structure of his work, the Spanish writer Antonio Muñoz Molinaalways tried to evaluate within his novels the complex relationship between reality andfiction. The Spanish Rider (1991), one of his most exquisite creations also deals with thesignificance of memory as far as his protagonist’s evolution and decisions are concerned.Above all these, the novelist analyzes the influence of history on common people’s lifeand underlines the necessary balance that has to be established between the historicalgreat events and everyday’s choices. His next novel, Full Moon (1997) uses the sameaesthetic points of departure, but complicates everything with the details of a specifickind of psychological thriller, the author proving how the seemingly very simple structureof a crime story may turn into an unexpected evaluation of the tragic aspects definyingcontemporary human condition.

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