Emir Kusturica and his band lit up the first night of the Cordoba Book Fair

The famous Serbian filmmaker and musician Emir Kusturica With The No Smoking Bandshone on the opening night of the 36th edition of the Cordoba Book Fair, after a day in which the public took over the spaces where the stands are set up and participated in the first activities of the literary meeting that will be open until Monday, October 10. Authors like Claudia Pineiro, Florence Freijo, William Martinez, Peter Saborido Y Hernan Brienzaamong others, will be presented at the Fair.

Director of Underground Y gypsy time came out on stage with a T-shirt with the figure of Sonia Torresthe Cordovan reference of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo. “Thinking of you always”, could be read on the garment, referring to Sonia’s grandson, appropriated by the last civic-military dictatorship. Kusturica He also used a violin made in Córdoba with recycled cans, spoke in English and also in an improvised Castilian. “This is the beginning of the end” (This is the beginning of the end), he slipped into his first contacts with people, and said that he has already been “22 years in music.”

Long before the presentation of the musician and filmmaker, the coming and going of visitors to the fair, located in the Superblock of the Intendancy, was constant and moderate for much of the day, although at sunset, after a warm afternoon , the movement was incessant, and before the first chords of Kusturica the traffic through the tents became incessant.

This is how the day was completed, with a wide age range audience that was doing a first survey of the large number of books offered by the more than 300 stands that are located at the different points of the event, which will end on Monday, October 10.

In addition to the Superblock of the Intendancy, in front of the municipal building, the fair also had a great turnout at points such as the Cabildo and Plaza Italia.

In the programming emphasis was placed on inclusion and accessibility, with the inclusive experiences sector (located in Plaza Italia), the first inclusive space in the history of the Cordoba Book Fair that will be divided into a rest area, a sensory booth for understanding those living with autism and a library for visually impaired.

In passing through the book exhibition, the China stand stands out, where the person in charge, Dew Ferro, said for this article that people “are interested, ask, ask to see the books, and they are not only interested in the language, but also want to know about the country’s culture.” “They are also very attracted to Chinese medicine and horoscopes,” said Ferro, who also said that more and more young people are interested in learning the language, and that they had a large number of visits to their space during the first day.

For its part, Gallo Inginiolea student of Literature and who was attentively observing the cover of The year of the wisterialatest book by the Cordovan writer Christina Lozaassured that the current proposal of the book Fair it is “a good space not only for readers, but for everyone who enjoys literature”. “I really like science fiction, classical literature, romanticism, I study Literature and I have a broad taste in that sense. I didn’t come looking for anything in particular, maybe I’ll be surprised by something, I look a lot. Before buying, it is a decision that must be thought through”, continued the young man.

A different proposal is the one presented by Free Ink Editorialswhich according to the person in charge Juan Cruz Luque “It stands out for working with independent authors who self-finance everything that is the proposals that they present, and in the publishing house they are edited and published: they are generally local authors, but they join from all over the country.”

In addition, he said that the first day was “pretty good”, in reference to sales, and considered that “although the central axis is the book, there are also very good musical proposals”. “What they are looking for the most is what is a novel, they are also very interested in self-improvement, self-help, coaching, many are looking for that, or poetry,” she completed. The Cordoba Book Fair is curated by Elena Perez, Joseph Heinz Y Sergio Suppowhile the presence of local, national and international authors stands out.

One of the keys to this edition lies in the proposal of an “experience” Fair, an invitation to enjoy culture from literature and beyond the book-object and betting on the mixture with other languages ​​such as music, the performing arts and new technologies through interventions, performances, projections, talks, workshops. under the motto “The City, all the cities”, the event is projected as an experience for all audiences, with literary, artistic and gastronomic programming. In keeping with the slogan, China is the guest country and Santa Fethe invited city.

Gender and diversity will also have a prominent place on the event’s agenda, as well as a large agenda of topics related to Human Rights, which will include the participation of organizations such as SONSwho will participate in the presentation of the books Grandma Stories Y Grandmother’s story. There will also be spaces for Technology and New Languages; Soccer and Sports; Tributes and Awards; Arts and Popular Recitals. This Friday the event will continue with all the literary and artistic proposal, and the music on the main stage of Paseo Sobremonte will be in charge of The Time Bomb.

Source: Télam SE

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