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The program Read, Think, Imagine, organized by the Department of Culture of the City of Cartagena, includes this Tuesday, November 15, the presentation of the novel El jardín de cartón, by Santiago Álvarez, and it will be the author himself who knows, Accompanied by the writer Antonio Parra, and the literary critic Paco Marín.
It will be at 20.00 hours in the library of the Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center.
THE PLAY
In March, Valencia burns.
The fire, the passion and the this take over completely of the city.
In the meantime, things have not been better for the rare detective Mejías: the clients are scarce, the receipts are crowded at his table and, to top it off, he receives a notification from the Treasury, which will have his agency closed on 20 March, just around Fallas.
He has until then to collect the 40,000 euros he has never had.
After the first mascletá of March 1st, Mejías and Berta, his young and inseparable assistant, are mysteriously quoted by Gaspar Aparisi, an entrepreneur who proposes a wild search: find the remains of the only whiskey produced in Valencian lands, already two hundred years.
After his previous "La Ciudad de la Memoria", which was stamped with a notable critical success and readers, Santiago Alvarez recovered the memorable Detective Mejías, involved in this occasion in his most complex case.
The roots of the affair sink in the mud of the past, in scenes buried by guilt, pain and hatred.
THE AUTHOR
Santiago Álvarez (Murcia, 1973).
Director of contents of the literary festival Valencia Negra, which is held annually in the capital of the Turia.
It began in the literature writing stories, many of which have been awarded and published in various anthologies.
He has written, starred and directed musicals and dramatic plays.
He regularly collaborates in radio programs on the history of Valencia and offers lectures and lectures on historical and literary subjects.
He is also the first teacher in Spain of the software for writers Scrivener, of which he realizes workshops in person.
From the novel it has been said:
ROSA MONTERO: "Santiago Alvarez has a magic gift to create powerful, original characters, bigger than life".
FERNANDO MARÃAS: "I like the novels that I call flesh and blood: the flesh, shiny and well visible, is here the solid plot of Mejías in the rotten city under the sun, but the blood, hidden under the skin, palpitates In the form of a mysterious manuscript, seemingly alien to history, which will eventually lead to everything, nothing exists without its own past, especially tragedies. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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