In the 60th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Limero Editorial and the Argentine Illustrator Yael Frankel They received the award for Everything that happened before you arrived as the best fiction book. This distinction already realized the talent and quality of Frankel’s creations, who was later convened by The plane seal that goesby Verónica Parodi and Karina Micheletto, to put image of the music of León Gieco. The result was Soles and flowersfirst title of the collection “Books that sing” which was presented at the International Book Fair of Buenos Aires and was attended by the creator, the editors and the very lion with her guitar.
“We summon it not only for being an award -winning illustrator but because it seems to us that her style, who says so much, so deep but from simplicity or even from something very playful, came just to put him Another layer of meaning and other possible reading To this song, “Micheletto explained before giving foot so that León would sing the first theme of the meeting that took place in the Julio Cortázar room. The song (” Prince Blue “, by Eduardo Mateo) was dedicated to Lucía Ramseyer, the girl who has several videos on YouTube singing with Gieco, and who was among the public.
Parodi defined the book as “a trip, an opportunity, wealth that hugs the days” and clarified that “Soles and flowers He arrives in book format but it’s first song, “so he asked Gieco to share the genesis. He recalled that those were The first words that Hebe de Bonafini said when he entered the former ESMA: “We are going to call this landing. Let’s paint flowers and suns.” From that phrase, he did A record entitled The landingwith a cover photo that portrayed our children’s cultural space (Ecunhi). “When I met the place I saw the flowers and the suns, I always stayed with that idea. Then I composed a song that talks about life and poured that phrase,” Gieco said.
Now the song became An album book. From the seal they selected some Lion lyrics for the collection and the artist immediately opted for “Soles and Flores”, because she felt that with her drawings she could say something else. During the presentation, some Frankel drawings were screened, who confessed: “I said yes immediately because it was León Gieco, because I sang more than any other singer throughout my adolescence. As soon as I started reading, I asked them not to send me the story of why he had written the song. I wanted to read it and understand it. In general, that is what the illustrators do: we rewrite the text that arrives but with drawings. “
“The things that are very bad / that hurt and hurt / are learned in a while of the day”. These are the first verses. When Frankel read that he went back to The miserable ones And he thought: “Things that are well are also learned in a while of the day, but the big difference is that they last a lot.” At the moment intensely circulates the idea of the collective hero thanks to the motto of The Eternaluta: “No one is saved alone.” The illustrator devised a story and created several characters to tell her story: “If in a group someone sends a shit, the group will be in charge of giving her a second chance. I believe a lot in that. From there the story that told me myself flowed.”
Frankel believes that “he’s great that text and illustration go through different placesto be enhanced between them and the reader completes the reading. “In relation to the first format, Gieco highlighted the role of the Mexican singer Lila Downswith whom he recorded the subject: “Do not forget that I sang all my life with Mercedes Sosathat was the voice. She is also the voice. He is a political and culturally incredible person, has a wonderful voice and was a great honor that wants to sing. ” Luis Gurevichauthor of that music with ranchera airs that could enter that genre called borderlinewhich refers to the border.
Gieco entertained the evening with other songs as “Canterville’s ghost” and took the opportunity to throw a textual: “Charly, for me, is the best. Then comes Spinetta. Once they asked me if I liked Fito more than Charly. I think he is a great musician too, but I didn’t know how to answer. I think that The good thing about Charly is that he has silences in the songs, something as important as music. That makes it big, musically it is beautiful. I didn’t know how to explain it, I was hurried then I said that Charly throws a TV through the hotel window and Fito throws a bag. But I both love them, and Fito is an impressive musician“.
The artists talked about their link with childhoods, reading modes, the role of literature and the memories that marked them to do what they do today. They also sounded “culture is the smile”, “the hill of life” and “only love”, and editors announced that in addition to Soles and flowers there will be New deliveries with other illustrators: I just ask God, When angels travel And another saga with songs by Teresa Parodi. “This is a plus, like a church of the song, and it excites me a lot,” Leon concluded.
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