Artist Manuel V. Alonso shows his vision of the world he travels in his new book

Through these stories, which the author describes as follows: “Disjointed impression of what I see stumbling across the world”The reader will be able to accompany Alonso in the stories that emerge during his “accelerated trips” due to his diplomat work. Starting from the city of Algiers and ending in Lisbon, the author makes an analysis of everything that lives in different cities.

“As a diplomat, he helped me a lot in my negotiations to have information about the country“Thanks for all the visits he made,” Alonso explained during the launch of the book at the Matador club in the capital. his part as a diplomat and its part writer and artist. So he begins signing only with his second surname, Alonso, which is his mother’s surname.

The artist was accompanied by some of his friends, such as poets and editors, at the book launch held at the Matador club in the capital. José Luis Gallerola; journalist Mireia Sentis; or the president of the Pablo Palazuelo foundation, José Rodríguez-Spireti.

Along with ‘Accelerated Journeys and Other Chinese Tales’ ‘Accelerated Travel Diary’ (2003) and ‘Big Island’ (2007) They bring together the stories that emerged from the author’s travels from 1997 to 2019, creating a single book divided into three parts. Through the pages of this work, Alonso shows readers the different ethnicities, religions and cultures of the cities he visits. . Additionally, at the end of each chapter, the author leaves various clues and an open ending so the reader can continue the journey in their imagination.

At first, when she started traveling, “the idea was to write a little for myself and my children, but gradually I needed it so much.” This is how Alonso explains that he wrote this book “due to necessity”.