Reflejos de mi tiempo

“The world unconsciously reflected in the texts I have written throughout my life is, in a way, a mirror of my own time,” states Gregorio Marañón. In this volume, the author has gathered pieces written between 1982 and 2025. In them, he addresses national politics from a distinctly Transitional perspective, a spirit he longs for because it would help combat “the persistent amnesia.” He also paints a portrait of the country through various perspectives, sometimes from a more personal, other times from a more business-oriented viewpoint. And of course, there is Toledo, that beloved city, which holds great sentimental and symbolic weight for him. All of this is complemented by several texts dedicated to the experience of travel, both physical and metaphorical. Thus, the texts reveal a life trajectory committed to certain principles. In the words of Pedro J. Ramírez, “as Kundera said of Havel, Gregorio Marañón’s greatest work of art is his own life.” And not so much for his many qualities, but for the transcendence of his purpose. A purpose cloaked in consensus, since, as Iñaki Gabilondo states, Gregorio Marañón carries "the stigma of the conciliators, who in our country surf as best they can on the waves created by extremism and the fanatics of orthodoxy," and his natural habitat is "the square of concord." This book demonstrates this.