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Old October 24, 2024, 05:20 AM
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Volviera tras una crisis

Hola a todos,

La frase en cuestión es del libro Tinta invisible de Javier Peña.

En aquella habitación de hospital yo ya no albergaba dudas de que mis miedos infantiles se cumplirían y mi padre moriría sin estar yo presente. Solo podía visitarlo una o dos veces por semana; vivíamos en ciudades distintas y yo estaba inmerso en la promoción de mi segunda novela, por lo que viajaba por todo el país. Tampoco voy a mentir, qué sentido tendría eso ahora: rechacé pasar las noches en el hospital junto a mi padre; me parecía excesivo, como si una pareja que volviera tras una crisis decidiese meterse en una hipoteca. Creía que para sentirnos cómodos, para curar las heridas imaginarias que ambos nos habíamos infligido, necesitábamos tiempo, justo lo que no teníamos.

I understand why el subjuntivo is used (because of como si), but what does the phrase itself "volviera tras una crisis" mean?

Does it mean that a couple had a very bad financial situation and then they managed to overcome it?

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Old October 24, 2024, 07:32 AM
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The ordeal (crisis), whatever it was, was overcome, but the author is comparing 'staying nights with his father too' as being excessive, like ('as if') a couple who overcame one crisis deciding to take on another (a mortgage) right away.
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Old October 24, 2024, 08:00 AM
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