A authentic citizen tide Ha taken Barcelona in the early morning. After three years of pandemic restrictions and the storm of the previous edition, a flood of books and roses has turned the center’s streets and neighborhoods into the party the city has been waiting for. Crowds, but also joy and a desire to celebrate, marked the start of the day, which some senior writers, like the youngest, rose early to perform the traditional signing ceremony, described as “the most beautiful day”. best Sant Jordi for years“.
The main scene of this animated Sant Jordi in 2023 was the re-released literary ‘superilla’ that was rehearsed in 2022. A true epicenter of author companies and crowds, this year’s has grown 10% and extended so far: the 154,000 square meters (a space equal to 22 football fields). It also added 300 more book stands than last year and expanded its location to the Rambla and the lower part of Gran de Gràcia street. A record Sant Jordi.
Signature queues
From the early hours of the morning, queues began to form at the literary stalls. One of the figures that created the most expectations around him was the film director. Pedro Almadovar, He came to Sant Jordi with the book ‘The Last Dream’, which brings together 12 stories written in different periods of his life.
“I am so excited in front of this crowd celebrating friendship and reading,” the man from La Mancha said cheerfully. writers like Xavier Bosch, Dolores Redondo, Alice Kellen carlos porta or comic book community gown, with authors such as Maria Barbal, Marta Orriols and Enrique Vila-Matas. anyone Javier Cercas.
From ‘show’ to reflection
Likewise, long queues formed before eleven in the morning to get the TV’s autograph. angel martin And Sandra Barneda or a very young poet manu erinaWhile there are many children who want to take a picture with a character like Geronimo StiltonToday, he left the pages of the books he is a star in to gain human volume.
Equal in other points very crowded, invited to think keep calm For example, eto showat the booth florist Maria Ponsaby singer-songwriter Lidia Pujolreviewer”llum ceremony“,” at a time when the system is trying to bring out the worst in us, when all we need is to love and be loved.
It should be noted that unlike the last two years, on this occasion, masks are not visiblealthough there are those who prefer to be forward-thinking in the face of the crowd of the day.