Ricardo Lugo

¿O que esa misma pasión te haya alejado de él?

El episodio 207, Mendel, el de los libros, de Stefan Zweig.

Well, people, we start with this episode, Las Vueltas que da la Vida.

When I recorded the first episode of that fan swipe, the first time I analyzed it in this podcast, that was in 2023.

A few months later, weeks later, that I suffered my worst pain or sports trauma of my life, which was when the United States eliminated Venezuela in the quarterfinals of the baseball community class in 2023.

And now, three years later, I'm recording this with my Venezuela cap on because 48 hours ago,

We were world champions against the United States in the final.

I went to all the games of both editions of those world championships.

Much better feeling this time.

And those who follow me on Instagram know that I was there in Miami.

There was a surreal moment in the celebration when they put the Venezuelan anthem.

We did not expect to hear that anthem.

The players were crying.

A lot of people in the stadium were also crying.

de repente alguien me mira a los ojos y abre su teléfono se nota que tenía mala señal y se le abre Instagram como a medio camino y me apunta a mí y me dice como que este eres tú y tenía la imagen de bibliotequeando y me saludó y que me escuchaba mucho y yo qué diferente en comparación al mundo del pasado del pasado salí bravo frustrado anónimo y en este caso 2026 menos anónimo

But going back to the book, Stefan Zweig, as it has been a long time since I talked about him, I am going to tell his story again, his life, because it is deeply connected to what this story is.

A story that I think is a kind of prophecy and a kind of warning that I took very personally when I read this story for the first time many years ago.

You'll see why.

But let's start with the author, Stefan Zweig.

A paradox for me personally, because he was one of the most read authors of the period of peace in Europe between the wars, between the first and the second.