uncle, to Maria Ferré and Angelats, if he was still alive. I told myself, even if Jaume Figueras’ tale couldn’t be considered trustworthy (or couldn’t be considered any more trustworthy than Ferlosio’s), for its veracity didn’t depend on a memory (his), but on the memory of a memory (his father’s), the accounts of his uncle, Maria Ferré and Angelats, if he was really still alive, were on the other hand firsthand reports and therefore, at least in principle, much less random than his.