‘ISLA NEGRA ARRIVES’

Ibiza Editions presented the past 20 December the book ‘black island. Tales of the mysterious Ibiza‘. This set of stories, which occupies the number 13 In the collection Anacrèptica narrative, was launched at an event held at the Can Ventosa library. The event was attended by the author, Rafael Gimenez Perry; the author of our best selling book, ‘SALT SORES‘, and prologue of 'Isla negra', Javier Serapio and the publisher's representative, Miguel Gonzalez.

There was high public assistance to the event.

The event took place as an interview in which Giménez responded to questions raised by Serapio. So, Faced with the question «How much of reality are in the stories?», The author just mentioned "a cult of the tanit goddess that the mandala uses", which is a symbol that appears in one of the stories. In this line, The writer cited his "research team" during the thanks to the attendees.

As Serapio is also a creator dedicated to mystery, valued the narrative techniques used to give more authenticity to stories such as allusions to real places and the use of the first person narrator. thus, He was interested in the author's taste for this genre. Giménez replied that these types of stories attract him since childhood. He added that he looks at Rondalles and wants to "move that environment to stories that are currently going through".

Another question was about the reference to ‘El Gesto’ that is found in the narration ‘terror in the empty night of the hotel’. Giménez replied that it was an unconscious wink and that "the image of a closed hotel during the winter season".

By last, The habitual journalist and collaborator, Miguel Gonzalez, He recalled that this act is part of the commemorations of the tenth anniversary of the Edicions Aïllades and Ibiza Editions stamps.

By Toni Pons

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