PRESENTATION IN BARCELONA

The 2nd edition of ‘Sortir a Córrer, wash your hands, Portar-be bé ‘is presented in Barcelona

The success of the novel of David Ventura ‘go for a run, wash your hands, Behave properly‘ (EDICIONS AÏLLADES) has motivated a second edition that will be presented in Barcelona on Friday 13 of September.

The first edition of the book was presented at the Can Ventosa Library in Ibiza with an event by Fernando de Lama. A presentation was also made in the latest edition of the Palma Book Fair.

Now a second edition of the book is presented at the àula María Mercè Marçal, located in the 5th floor of the Barcelonan Ateneu (C / Canuda, 6 from Barcelona) in an act presented by the also journalist Teo Pérez and that will be attended by the author and the editor, Ramon Mayol,.

the novel

Ventura, Ibiza Diario Journalist, Set the plot of the novel on the island of Ibiza, where he confesses that he has met people out of the ordinary, which are the ones that interest him and the ones he wants to describe. Places it in the winter of the year 2012, In full economic crisis with a protagonist, Alex, that he has had his own personal crisis due to Ketamine addiction and returns home, With the intention of changing life, to work in their parents', to bring a certain order and keep sober, Going to run in the morning. Hence the title of the novel, in which the protagonist tries to lead a ‘normal’ life. Although for the writer, «Normality is a terrifying thing, It's very afraid, It is impossible, cannot be achieved, It does not exist ».

The book has been included in the L’Eb catalog (AT THE LONDON AND FRANKFURT FAIRS) which occurs at meetings with foreign publishers organized by the Institut Ramon Llull in Barcelona in the framework of the Setmana del Llibre in Català (that takes place of 20 Al 29 of this month). It will also be presented at the Frankfurt Fair and at the London Fair of 2025.

'Going out for a run, brush your teeth, behave well' is a novel by 320 pages corresponding to volume number 15 of the 'Anacréptica de Narrativa' collection that Edicions Aïllades has underway. The image on the cover is the work of the artist Ana Miriam Balboa.

The book can be achieved in bookstores, en The editorial website and in Amazon.

LITERARY PRESENTATION

'Going out for a run, brush your teeth, behave well'

Friday 13 de septiembre de 2024

19.00 h

the Classroom Mary Mercè Marçal

5to the plant of the Barcelona Ateneo

C / Canuda, 6

Barcelona

presents: Teo Pérez (journalist)

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