In the middle of the great cultural agenda of the Book Fair, Today will be the launch of the book ‘Now and at the time’ of the Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince.
The event is organized by Penguin Random House in alliance with the filboand the interested can attend the release in the José Asunción Silva Auditorium at 2:30 pm
The conversation, where it will be presented to the public The new book and an unprecedented view of Abad presenting his new installment, will be moderated by the Colombian writer and journalist Ricardo Silva Romero.
Readers will meet the author’s totally enveloping story that in 2023 was in Ukraine. The story tells that, after an exploration for Donbás to learn more about the situation and conflict of the Ukrainians, the group in which the Colombian writer was lived a shocking experience that deeply marked his experience in the country.
The book presents issues that have characterized the author’s writing throughout his career, such as: the devastating effects of war, The inexplicable of the death of an innocent, the guilt, and the pain of who is alive and those who constantly live violence.
After the presentation of the book, around 3:30 pm, Abad will be offering a book firm in the firms area 1 of the fairso that those who acquire the copy have the opportunity to take it with a dedication.
However, these are not the only events in which the author will participate. For example, on Sunday, May 4, he will participate in the event ‘of the heart of the readers: two greats of Portugal and Colombia’ with the writer José Luís Peixoto. There they promise to gather “two great teachers in the art of intertwining simple stories of powerful characters.” It will be moderated by Claudia Morales in the José Asunción Silva Auditorium at 02:30 pm
OTHER ABAD EVENTS
If you are considered a follower of your work, you can not miss the event ‘Mario Vargas Llosa and the office of writing’ The same day in the Colombian tent to the table – books to eat at 06:00 pm, in which Faciolince and Carlos Granés, essayist and specialist in the work of the Nobel Prize, will unravel the keys to the writing of the Peruvian author and the way in which he himself conceived his work.
On Monday, May 5, the writer will also have a space in the Literature and Conflict event in the Pavilion of Spain, guest of honor, at 7:00 pm, Where from the reflection about the Ukraine War, together with the writer Marta Rebón, they will address the role of literature in the representation of war violence and traumatic events.
On the same day, in the Sena South, the writer will be in a conversation in which themes that have generated the best of his literature will be covered as the devastating effects of violence and war; the indignation for the death of the innocents; guilt, and his experience of survival embodied in ‘Now and in the hour’.
