Author Aitor Romero (Barcelona, 1985) is current The art of writing while standing (Candaya publishing house), a book of mestizo chronicles that oscillate between pure travel story and literary and sociological essay. To tell you more about his new work, Will visit 80 world bookstores Alicante On Friday, December 15 at 19.00.In a meeting hosted by cultural journalist Eduard Aguilar.
Thus the author presents His third work after the publication of his novel Deflation (2015) and from the storybook city ghosts (2019). From a broader perspective, Altaïr Magazine also collaborated with chronicles and articles in cultural and travel magazines such as Negratinta or Culturamas.
The art of writing while standing This is a book of chronicles. Romero takes time to delve into autobiographical narrative, cultural criticism, and popular memoir. It has a modest appearance, but it is one of the very big books because it is full of looks that teach us to look, ideas, emotions, memories, readings, and dilemmas that invite us to think and feel. It opens unexpected horizons to the reader.
It brings together eight dates covering some of the key geographical areas in Aitor Romero’s life: Barcelona (where he was born), Madrid (where he lived for 11 years), Benidorm, Rome, Lisbon, Tangier, Northern Ireland and the United States. . All These places ultimately become triggers for reflection – essayistically, but also confessionally – on some contemporary conflicts and social processes: riots in Barcelona in 2019, when the streets were ablaze following the Procés hearings; discrimination inherited from the Irish conflict; urban projects eroding today’s Madrid; Immigration, marginality and borders in Morocco or the impersonality of large tourist complexes.
The art of writing while standing at the same time The story of Aitor Romero’s serene and inner journey through eclectic and very different cultural regionsbut they are all nutritious and highly addictive. The meeting with readers will take place on Friday, December 15, at 19.00 at 80 Mundos bookstore.