Life Without Sara Amat

Who remembers Sara Amat these days? She was barely thirteen when one summer night, playing hide and seek with her friends, she disappeared and was never heard about again. All that remained was a news article in the local Terrassa newspaper, rumours and speculation. However, Pep de Cal Sabater, the narrator of this story, does remember her. That night, he says, Sara didn’t disappear but slipped into her home through the back door. She may not have hidden for very long but sometimes the memory of an event lasts a lifetime and even lends it meaning.