Nothing more and nothing less than 25 years has been writing Andrés Pérez Perruca (Zaragoza, 1971) His first book, which saw the light in September and that in just two months he already had a second run. The powerful and complex “literary artifact” is made up of 67 chapters based on 67 songs that he recorded The child wormone of the most important indie groups of the 90s and of which the author was drums, and half a thousand notes on footing. This experimental project was born in Mallorca, from an anecdote that occurred on the island, in one of the musician’s visits in the late 1990s, where he met Steven mouthsthat at that time he had just founded the set The Tea Servants. Hence the interesting title takes precisely, Life of a whitish skin of fine skin (Jekyll & Jill).
In addition, the first theme of the Spotify list that the author proposes to the reader to accompany his reading – prolonged and intense, to be honest – is the famous El Puente theme, of them. And finally, it is also here, near Llubí, where his son, Andrés Pérez pleasurehe took all the photos to promote the book, in the company of his friend Ata LassalleAutsider Comics editor. Therefore, it is not surprising that you present it here. The appointment is this Friday afternoon, at 7:00 p.m. Rata corner.
«Chronicle-autobiography»
And while the work arose as a kind of “chronic-autobiography of El Niño worm”, as the author himself recognizes, the truth is that he is pleasantly surprised at the reception he is having in literary circles, “as a novel of adventure, music and friendship book.” «People who know nothing about the Zaragoza of the 90s neither of the worm child, nor of indie music nor anything like that. It is not exactly my life, although it seems for the amount of years I have been writing, but that gives it an air of adventure, of Dickensian libro-life That is very good, ”he reason about unexpected success.
The start cannot be more promising: a suggestion of reading the chapters – at the style of Hopscotchof Cortázar-And a brief summary of each chapter-channel. «The ideal graphic image that the spirit summarizes is what occurs when you listen to a song from an album and tells you one thing that then moves you to another. And when you listen to the entire album, you realize that there are different aspects and elements. The chapters become Rayuelasthat can be read chronologically if you want, but also of others. In fact, there are those who have told me that he has read the book omitting all the notes, although he later confessed that he read one and seemed better than the content itself, so he started again, ”he says. “It’s a box to play all the time”solve.
And it is that fun is a fundamental component of this «Fractal book». «They joke about that I have been at ease because it has almost a thousand pagesbut in reality it has not been so at all. The chapter that happens in Mallorcafor example, it had an original extension that tripled the one that has finally been published. I would not forgive anyone to make a first book of a thousand pages, but I have not been able to do it, ”he says.
«It was very self -examining, I have read a lot and I had a lot of respect for the book format, I wanted it to be sustained as a literary artifact. I have not wanted to play with the theme of the nostalgiasomething that on the other hand would have been easier: to talk about a group, an album or a movie when their birthday It is simpler, nostalgia sells for itself. I could have yielded to tell four anecdotes and now, but I had self -imputesto The challenge of going further. Not doing so would have been a lack of respect for possible readers, ”he insists. “If nostalgia has a bad reputation, it is because many seem to take advantage of those works when ephemeris are fulfilled, that is, they live from nostalgia, instead of finding a place of inspiration in it,” he clarifies.
Indie
One of the many issues addressed by the musician and cultural manager – is responsible for programming and publications of the Madrid Telefónica Foundation – is the Panorama of Indie Music. What is indie? «They called us like this for the time, for a generational issue, because after all we always was a Pop groupalthough at first the songs were more noisy, ”he explains. «The term is inherited from the Anglo -Saxon sphere, when at the end of the seventies independent stamps arose freer. Over the years that label stayed there and the truth is that Right now it is difficult to know which groups are indiebecause they are proclaimed when they play at festivals and all really sound practically the same, ”he adds.
Thus, this book is indie, although, paradoxically, it grants that the monumental girdle of this second edition “cannot be more mainstreamin the best possible sense ”, since it brings together the Star system of current Spanish literature: Irene Vallejo, Agustín Fernández Mallo, Marta Sanz, Paco Roca or Laura Fernández, among many other prominent names. A girdle with statements, goes on to say, with a face A and a face B, showing the good sense of humor which supports the long volume.
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