The Madrid Book Fair reaches its equator in its edition number 83 with the sport as the great protagonist but also the rainsince the attendees looked at the sky and walked around the booths so as not to miss any author.
Among the writers who have signed their works throughout the day, Alfonso Goizueta He received his surprised readers, who spoke about the age of this young writer and asked for various dedications on the pages of the title ‘The Blood of the Father’, finalist for the 2023 Planeta Prize.
“The book has kept them company. I love that because I believe that literature is also company”
The winner of these awards has also been present with her book ‘The maid’s daughters‘. Sonsoles Ónega She has drawn many hearts on the pages of her faithful readers who came from far away to meet her. “They like the story, they like the characters, they tell me that they have had a good time and that the book has kept them company. I love that because I believe that literature is also company,” says the writer.
Maximo Huerta He has also occupied a position at this fair and has received all the people who were organized in a long line waiting for the writer to leave his signature on the first page of his work ‘Paris woke up late’. A love story, as the author acknowledges, that has moved his readers, who thanked him for his work.
The line of people, mostly young people, that formed next to the booth Inma Rubiales It didn’t seem to have an end either. “It’s crazy, there are people who have been here since seven in the morning and we try to go as fast as we can to be able to sign all the girls’ books, they come very excited and give me gifts,” says the author. Her work ‘All the places we kept secret’ has caught many young girls who have their own codes as a result of reading.
“Since my last book is set in Finland, they all come with snowflakes, there are even girls who bring stickers and distribute them all over the line. They all come with makeup, with their nails made of snowflakes and it’s super cool. This is an experience, the signature is one thing but they in line live it, they don’t need me, they have a great time alone,” says the author.
“This is an experience, the signature is one thing but they (their readers) in the queue live it, they don’t need me, they have a great time alone”
The loneliness that characterizes the writer while he creates his work contrasts directly with the mass bath that some receive at fairs like the one being held in Madrid. “This is the harvest, writing is sowing and this is collecting the fruits. This is the beautiful thing: the contact with the readers, the connection, talking about the characters because they and I know them… it is beautiful.” These words are from Eva García Sáenz de Urturiwhich, although his work ‘The Angel of the City’ was published last year, has received many readers who have wanted to cover it and talk about the plot of this suspense novel.
“We haven’t stopped since we started. A day when despite it raining, people are living the same. I didn’t expect so many people, since this year I didn’t have a new book, I didn’t expect to sign and I haven’t stopped, so I’m delighted with the life of having such loyal readers. Readers always tell me the same thing, when is the next one,” he acknowledges.
“One makes the dedication and the three of us sign […] “We are organizing ourselves, just as we organize ourselves to write”
Carmen Mola, the pseudonym that brings together Jorge Díaz, Agustín Martínez and Antonio Mercero, has been signing his work ‘Hell’ so frequently that they admitted that the originality in the dedications had run out. “The readers come and tell us why we have killed this or that, you are disturbed… And what we tell them is no, the disturbed ones are you who like it,” Jorge Díaz comments with a laugh.
The same author recognizes that in all the fairs there is always someone who, when leaving the copy for Carmen Mola to sign, looks for a woman and is surprised that there are three men who occupy the booth of the supposed author. “One makes the dedication and the three of us sign and we take turns and organize ourselves, just as we organize ourselves to write,” says Díaz.
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