The writer of Yecla will give a lecture today and will sign her books at the Perín Exchange Meeting in Cartagena
The writer Alicia Rico Forte (Yecla, 1979) will be present today at the II Cartagena Exchange Meeting, held at the Castillo del Pinar (Perín, Cartagena), to sign her books, from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. and give the talk ‘Connect with your emotions through ‘The transparency of a moment’ at 12.30 pm. An encounter born of the numerous reactions of the readers of the illustrated work ‘The Transparency of a Moment’ (2020). The book has not left those who have held it indifferent because of the condensation of reflections on love, heartbreak, diversity and life stages, among others.
The illustrated book is a collection of short stories written over several years accompanied by watercolor portraits that “convey many sensations,” says the artist and writer. Through these reflections, the author aims to connect with different emotions, covering topics ranging from childhood happiness and love to fear, old age and grief.
For example ‘Julia’. It is one of the chapters, it comes with a portrait of a girl named Julia, whom the author knows, and deals with childhood, the process of growing up and the passage of time, the loss of innocence and changes in behavior. “Sometimes we need a child to teach us to play again and to see the world through his eyes.”
In his book, Rico divides life into several stages, starting with the first, as a baby, with a text he wrote when his daughter was very young. He also reflects on looking back, on those moments in life when the past sometimes helps people and sometimes paralyzes them. Remember that the past can serve us in terms of learning and experience.
“The things that happen to us make us the people we are today,” he says. “We have to learn to move on,” he advises. Note that when one focuses too much on the past, one becomes stagnant and unable to move forward. “You don’t have to think about what has or hasn’t been done, you have to appreciate the things that are there, focus on them and enjoy them.”
The work collects the perceptions the author has about life and her progress in it after overcoming cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which she was diagnosed with at the age of 26. At that time, he created the blog “Nobody Said It Was Easy,” which later became his first book, “Nobody Said It Was Easy. Coping with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma’ (2008). A kind of diary about when he got cancer, which he finished with his second work, ‘Whenever it rained, it stopped’ (2013), in which he revealed how he coped with anxiety and returned to a more normal life after the tumor. This work contains a part written in an “Argentinian tone” and a prologue by the writer Marisa López Soria.
During the II Cartagena Exchange Meeting, attendees will be able to purchase and sign all of his works, including from his latest publication, ‘La sombra de un trato’ (2022) which he has put up for sale on his website (aliciaricoforte.es). ) 12 December. A “psychological thriller” that fuses the real and the fantastic. A story consisting of events that happen to the protagonists and other events that are only dreamed or imagined. A game that confuses the reader, who is tasked with finding out where he is during each chapter of the book.
This book is inspired by a trip the author made to Denmark. Initially he wrote a short story about that experience, but in this work he has developed the main idea with much more imagination and fantasy. The events take place in the United States, in the 1980s, 1990s and 2010s, to observe how the decision making of characters such as a growing girl, a mother or a psychologist changes over the years.
In the synopsis, the author asks, “To what extent are fears caused by our own minds or by the existence of something else?” In his case, he believes his fears are due to cancer: “As the revisions approach, although many years have passed, I still feel fear.” For the author, fear is “a really interesting emotion” that helps people get to know themselves and where their limits lie and how to deal with everything that goes on around them.
This II Cartagena Exchange Meeting will be an intercultural concentration, combining literature, music and art. Also present is the author LW Veider, who is currently promoting her new book ‘Lingua mortis’. And other authors such as Tali Rosi, Gorri, Víctor Morata and Mecé Sánchi. Literature lovers can also enjoy the recital ‘Something intimate’. The music will be the work of Juan Manuel Hermosilla and the Yoruba School of Percussion with ‘Círculo de tambores’ and ‘Piel con piel’, Janani and Elena Romero.
Source: La Verdad
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