spanish writer Irene Vallejo encouraged readers to revisit literary classics this Saturday. with a critical and new perspective that allows us to understand the reasons why some cultures engage in barbaric acts.
at a press conference At Guadalajara’s Mexico International Book Fair (FIL)Starting today, the author stated that it’s time to “chat” with some works to understand where some of the ideas that still dominate the world come from.
“(Read again) from a new perspective, take a closer stance to these classicsLooking more critically and closely, being able to get them off the pedestal and chatting with them, being aware of the barbaric aspects of those cultures such as imperialism, the cult of war, and the treatment of women,” he said.
Vallejo (Zaragoza, 1979) assured: It’s time to put aside the “halo of idealization” that some books have. For decades to explore historical reality and the “deep contradictions” in which they were written.
The author is one of the special guests of FIL. will present his bestselling book “The Infinity in a Reed”, In addition to being responsible for opening the Literary Salon with the Argentine writer Alberto Manguel and receiving the Carlos Fuentes medal.
The Spaniards received word this Friday that he was the winner. IX Pedro Henriquez Ureña International Essay Award He was awarded by the Mexican Language Academy, which received special attention for bearing the name of one of the advocates of education and humanism in Latin America, along with Alfonso Reyes.
The essayist says that the success of his book, translated into twenty languages in just two yearssurprised him, as he thought that readers would not welcome such a work.
He explained that the text would be a farewell to his career as a writer, because had to deal with his newborn son’s illnessbut it was the trigger that reinforced the idea that experimentation is a key to trying to understand the complexity the world is going through.
“I thought it would be more difficult to reach readers with the article since it doesn’t have such a weight in the market, but I also think so in times of strong uncertainty and increased complexity, as we live. We seek explanations of reality in the essay and integrate them into a discourse”, sure.
The FIL starts this Saturday, hoping to at least get it together Nearly 620 book presentations to 800,000 people3,000 literary, academic and scientific events and the support of 600 authors from 45 countries.
Source: Informacion
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