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Under the Sky of Qala i Naw, Diary of a Cocinera in Afghanistan is an autobiographical chronicle of the writer Rosa Garcia Oliver that collects all the experiences in his work as civilian personnel in the military base in Spain more its pages are a living world where tries to explain some of that mixture of Qala i Naw and Afghanistan, the base and the military, civilian personnel and their work.
In order to bring his story to Cartagena, the author will present his work at the Library of Luzzy this Wednesday, May 18, at 20:00 pm, where he will be accompanied by the poet Antonio Marín Albalate, a meeting encompassed within the program read, think, imagine.
Like thousands of Spaniards, Rosa Garcia Oliver remained unemployed.
The virus had infected the labor crisis his life and decided to fight it with a special antidote: go to work in Afghanistan.
The company Ucalsa offered him a six-month contract as a cook at the military base Ruy González de Clavijo, Afghanistan.
Thus, Rosa left parked in Cartagena fear, and on January 25, 2011, decided to embark on the adventure of living in a country at war.
He ended up with their bones in Qala i Naw, a remote area of ​​50,000 inhabitants, located northwest of Afghanistan.
What did not imagine it would last in the country more than four years.
I came to this place not knowing anyone and I had to build my own universe, admits the author.
There I came face to face with fear, but I ignored it.
The aim in writing this book, the result of my experiences, is to convey to those who read it, that the struggle in everyday life is never hard enough not to give thanks for living.
Lorenzo Silva, founder of the Editorial Playa de Akaba, he met Rosa when he traveled to Afghanistan and interviewed her for a story on civilians living on the base of Herat: The stories of the Spanish missions abroad are not just counted.
I was interested in publishing the book of a person living in a base, but not military, as a counterpoint to the official story.
I am the son of military and I know they are difficult to tell her things, explains Silva about Under the sky of Qala i Naw.
Rosa Garcia Oliver, born in Cartagena, published in 2010 the book of poems Anchored in your silence and participated in 22 anthologies.
He has always worked in the world of hospitality, and took a seat as a cook in the military base of Camp Arena, Herat, Afghanistan.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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