My first Sant Jordi

My first Sant Jordi

The day has finally arrived. After wanting to sign for so long. After so many times I had been told what Sant Jordi would be like. After so many days when I had walked through previous editions as a reader… Today I found myself sitting in front of many people who were waiting for me with enormous affection and joy.

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This is not just any city. This is not just any date. Everyone knows that.

But what I couldn’t know is that with my first book I would receive such affection, even a year after its publication, as if it had just come out yesterday.

This is not just any city. This is not just any date. Everyone knows that

The color of the streets, the color of the roses, but, above all, the color of the gazes of the people who, even with this heat that is not typical of April, are waiting in a line to sign Horizonte artificial .

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It seems like a privilege to discover that some people have come from very distant corners of Spain.

Maxi Iglesias and Javier Castillo at La Vanguardia's Sant Jordi party
Maxi Iglesias and Javier Castillo at La Vanguardia’s Sant Jordi partyAna Jiménez

And how exciting it is to meet readers from Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. I travel with them for a few moments, just as I dream that my story will make them all travel. What an adventure this is. What a movie.

How beautiful it is and how fortunate I feel to be sitting with a pen in hand, watching the people to whom I dedicate my book leave happy, showcasing the spirit of Sant Jordi: affection, love, and a lot of reading.

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