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I share in Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia these photographs taken on a cloudy morning in the El Retiro park, in the capital of Madrid, which is not an obstacle for a multitude of people to come to the Book Fair and stroll through the venue .
The least is to buy or not; It is not necessary to open a book by Bécquer, Machado or Holderlin for its streets to exude poetry, as the images show.
There a young poet writes with a pen, next to a blackboard that says “give me the theme, I’ll write the poem”, or hanging from the top of a booth, an encouraging sign announces that “there are no problems, there are poems”.
And the children, the soul of everything, could not be missing, and sitting in a circle they perhaps talk about dreams and the magic that books. It is the fair, blessed Madrid Book Fair, which will culminate a new edition this Sunday.
This year, in addition, several tributes have been made, such as the Cordovan writer and playwright Antonio Gala, who died on May 28 at the age of 92.
This Sunday, from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., Javier MarÃas will also be honored at the CaixaBank Pavilion, just before the Madrid Book Fair closes its doors.
