The Book Fair Madrid is also his parties. Night, mediated by glasses and one and other Golgases than others, will escape the public, but are an important place for writers, editors and journalists to relax and have things that do not count on the editorial meeting, interview with the audience or in an interview. A good end for a heavy day of signatures in retirement. Page AprilThe Press Iberian Group with just three years of journey has become a classic event of the lightest weeks in Madrid, a place where not only is well seen, but also for which it also “recalls”. It’s on a not too long walk of the park and that doubts it, it’s the best drink and eating those who are organized these days. There were few people April is the “side” of the fair.
The third event of this Madrid was celebrated this Friday evening April At its traditional headquarters of the Phoenix Hotel in Plaza de Colón. The Madrid Literary World (and foreign, which is also those who come from outside) arrived at the first tanned and thirst after a week of very warmth at the fair. Between the first time it was Nuria marinThe delegate of the Government of Generalitate in Madrid and knows about literary events because this year he organized a very complete Sant Jordi in the capital. Also Ana GavinEditorial Relations Director PlanetStill surprised, despite the fact that the phenomenon is already several years old, for success among young people genre Romantasy And the tails that came from vision when retiring with authors such as Inma Rubiales or Joan Marcús. Almost compared them with María DueñasOne of the usual queens appointing in Madrid, who told these newspapers that the main change he watched in the years he participated in him are photographs that are asking almost all readers, and that they will make him rush a little because with the ranks of people in the sun, “I want to proceed as much as possible. ”
At the April party were more supervant. Was David the Partywho said he was happy but exhausted after 15 months in a row to promote his An empty house peninsulaAnd they still have a couple. This year’s second fair with the same title and is still surprised by success, with more than 120,000 copies. Were also Javier CercasWhich had just been justified Áx sàlmondirector Apriland Ainhoa minorEditorial director and attached to Iberian Press Presidency, some rush for their endless obligations. A little more divided, and Fernando Aamburu who enjoyed relaxed from slazises and drinks.
Hotel Phoenix Hotel created two cocktails ad hoc and somewhat literary: without alcohol baptized Click and moveand Paper and ink With vodka and Mojito syrup. Enjoyed them Inés Martin Rodrigowho played at home and editor April, Julia Navarro, Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, Brenda Navarro, Esther López Calderón, Lara Moreno, Lina Meruane, Mauro Entrialgo either Joaquin Reyes. Carlos Pardo appreciated the last and freshly published book from Marcos Giralt Torrentewho joked to be a little tired that the press asked him much more about his grandfather, writer Gonzalo Torrente Ballester and one of the protagonists Illusioniststhan for the book itself.
Then there were foreign writers who are some stars of this fair that looks a lot to New York: he came from here Garth Greenwell, that almost perfect Kastillian speaks thanks to her partner, the Spanish poet Luis Muñoz. Also Catherine Laceythe author of the magnificent CV X And that he said to enjoy his working days in Madrid. Most enthusiastic Caitlin MoranHe is hallucinated by the same predictors Prada as the size of the fair, from which he thought that “that he could never leave”. With a lot of humor and happy “in the best city in the world,” he noted that he would soon leave the party, because if he stays longer with these cocktails, he did not answer much: his thing is must. Near Ruben GalloPrinceton Professor and one of the great promoters of Spanish literature in the US, chatting with Sociologist and historian, expert on Garcia Márquez, Álvaro Santana Acuña.
Editors had a group Great offlia Siruel, Carme Riera from Alphaguara, Juan Cerezo tusquets, Idoia min (also the Iberian press consultant) and Luis maginya albums, Silvia bardeles and Beatriz González Among other things, Conatus. There were also many journalists, some writers: Armando HuertaDirector of Spain newspaper, Deputy Director of El Periódico in Madrid Ferro, Juan Cruz, Andrés Fernández Rubio, Ramón Reboharas, Elena Pita, Victor Amela, Antonio Puente, Anna Grau, Jesús Ruiz Mantilla, Marta Garcia Miranda, Eduardo Bravo either Daniel Mesa. And the people who mediate between them, the necessary chiefs of the press: Eva Cuenca, Lidia Lahieta, Melca Pérez, Elena Palacios, Laura Franch, Nahir Gutiérrez, Isabel Santos, Blanca Navarro…
I couldn’t miss, of course, the boss of all, that is, the director of the fair. Eva orúe He arrived with a lined director of another fair, New York’s book, and he collaborated with this year to edition dedicated to this city and Spanish. Orae, Mojito in his hand, was quieter after the shock, which meant closing the retirement, the threat of wind, the day of inauguration. And his companions on the other side of the Atlantic, Letira Álvarez and José HigueraThere he emphasized the power of Spanish and their potential to generate a community in a social group, immigrants or children of immigrants of Hispanic origin, endangered by Trump’s policy.
Brisa finally ran in Madrid when the food was over and only the glasses and the glasses and the laughter, and the other were left. Time to discover secret projects that are still in drawers, or perhaps audiovisual adaptation of novels that are still not known and that could turn someone into a millionaire. But we’ll say it in the upcoming chapter.
