Sí sé por qué: Novela

A weary narrator finds himself thrust into a cramped train compartment, surrounded by an eclectic group—a diplomatic consul, a flamboyant playwright, a military attaché, and a handful of eager journalists. Their conversation quickly turns from polite introductions to confessions of his own fragile health, as he battles a relentless neurastenia that makes every sight of poverty and cruelty feel like a physical wound. Through his candid, almost desperate monologue, the reader glimpses a mind teetering between acute sensitivity and a yearning for ordinary distraction.

The journey continues into a seaside dinner where the clatter of plates and the salty scent of the sea mask his inner turmoil. He forces himself to eat, to laugh, and to join the chatter about toreros, women, and a sensational crime that has captured Europe’s attention. Yet beneath the lively banter, his thoughts linger on the looming voyage, the strange mix of dread and curiosity that the open ocean and his own frailty provoke.