The books bug
Blanca Vazquez
04/04/2011
Blanca Vazquez
04/04/2011
few days ago we talked about A million stones The adventure that makes us live Miquel Silvestre touring Africa on a motorcycle. The 15,000 km of the book are told with all the natural, energy, freshness, patience and "savoir faire" that this in Alicante Denia boasts. And it has a speed atomic Silvestre. Slim, attractive, live eye forward of all, angular face and focused, music-loving punk rock, whose sacred books ranging from "The Grey Notebook" Josep Pla "Ten thousand" of Xenophon, to Ernesto Sabato and "Abaddon the destroyer" for whom the islands off between such exotic trips are Denia and Asturias. Of course with so free and courageous spirit always questions arise conspiratorial minds syndrome or esoteric. Think, perhaps, that something is hiding behind a character, coming up in the soup. Will this guy a sponsor five stars?. The truth is possibly the sponsors who suspect these individuals are not only readers who have enthusiastically writing Silvestre dotted truth.
Of course, what counts.
Let us add the word of mouth marketing is the best an author can show, along with a promotional effort worthy of admiration. Of the latter I have myself witnessed. An exceptional witness through a live interview and live, you may qualify for road movie on the occasion of the presentation in Bilbao, on 1 April, Million stones in the Honda dealer, to become for a day in the shadow of this author vibrant, tireless worker, fighting with arguments promoting work of travelers.
The sun was shining on a bright April release that returned the brilliant reflection of the shell of the Guggenheim. Miquel Silvestre had an agenda as active as him. To come and greet him with a Honda Varadero told me, camera in hand is better than flying story. Swiftly and gracefully rode package and feel the air of Bilbao, with helmet. As we passed along the Gran Via I suggested if he was aware of the momentum that was giving to the African tourism, now so necessary. His look of surprise me confirmed that it had not fallen.
Trickster, seductive and quick mind, much as his words, Silvestre dragged me to his appointment with Kike Alonso Onda Vasca. Live and direct, we were greeted with the sound of the rock band Marea , original de Navarra. Few minutes in which the author of A million shells stones with the exact words, leaving no dead time to eat, most of the book and the reason to buy it, enjoy it or give it away. We observed the astonished face of Alonso, who forgot to ask if the blood and wounds shown in the book were real.
Back on the bike. We went down the street Autonomy and the way I recall Silvestre has built the book, in a nonlinear fashion. We faces, from the first page, a road accident at a South African national. " A blow, a literary " he answered. Start counting, from a stay in a hospital, a bike ride, juxtaposing planes. Already signed up in Bliss, visions of the beat generation , his narrative is very cinematic.
crossed the river, we stopped front of the Parroquia de San Nicolás de Bari. " South Africa is the country that I disliked. It is a country that repels me . " I could not help asking that African territories have liked more and which less. "Anger and racism remain the daily drivel " he continues. " The black South African is believed lower due to the mantra of many years of apartheid. Then reacts with irritability and anger at racial inequality and make mistakes, justifying all based on this inequality . "
The heat begins to tighten or perhaps the looming debate about us. Your response leads me to tell what French political scientist and journalist Stephen Smith out in his essay Negrología , to blame the African people their share of blame, for retreat in its differentiation as a race and people of other the world. " should make a huge effort and work to earn the freedom outside the protection of NGOs and international organizations ", which aims Silvestre in his book. " tribal societies are" continuous, " yet, outside of South Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe ..) do not suffer difference from the color of their skin, although there is discrimination on other grounds, such as being part of a tribe or another, without there being a general concept of citizenship. It is difficult to build a democracy in a society where some members do not consider other people . "
Here we entered a dense terrain and important book. We have covered another section of the city, always on the Honda. We have another star in Bilbao, the sky is bluer than ever, and we are in Euskadi, a country of thorns. We began to get thirsty, a beer sitting admiring the facade of the Teatro Arriaga know water in the desert.
"Nobody like Marie Ba, Senegal's delegate to the audit BDO sponsor acting " Silvestre returns to the theme, " to explain the issue of caste formed by the elites and nobility and mere survivors without much chance of changing status. " Bilbao
budge, it's Friday, a day of work. The crowd looks at us, look like tourists. But we are actually working. Silvestre sweating, being kind and considerate to everyone that, after all, we ask the same things. I, trying to get those hours at his side, an interview with a touch voyeur for you, readers.
About his visit to Senegal asked by the kindly reception decorated with a trickle of telephone ninguneo that gave the delegate (diplomático!?) Of the English Embassy in Dakar . We laugh, the better. He did not even feel bad for someone who is leaving the skin on the adventure to tell. Given the doubts that something is fiction, there are the videos in Exploramoto , plus photos taken throughout the whole journey. Photos very professional, on the other side. We
sipping beer making time to eat with a group of friends. I start to feel a suitcase carried from one place to another. While the enjoyment of the bike I did not remove anyone. Le score on African beers , as it has done a good tasting. Nabimia, former German colony, has good beers , I answered. By the way, capeas faults "bikes with lots of patience? , you instantly loose. That's when I suspect that the sun is affecting me because my questions, I begin to look for gelatin. But Silvestre, who sonsaqué your favorite movies (Apocalypse Now and The Clockwork Orange) has patience and good humor. Actually Africa is full of good mechanics, he says, there with the invasion of Chinese (Chinese shops are even more lost in the village) to Africa is being accumulated trash, junk sometimes gets repaired but the most cases, and waste piles are everywhere. Senegal is a dump.
The best place to eat, given a sunny day like this is certainly a terrace, where you can also smoke a cigarette at the dinner table with coffee. We return to the Gran Via, near the park Iturrizar Casilda. Surrounded by bikers travelers, anyone here had traveled America from end to end. The salad is the queen of the requests to the waiter. Of course we are in Bilbao and the main courses are more euskaldun . I still stuck to Silvestre, and in between bites skewered him if he remembers has invented many professions across borders . More laughter. And how many have paid bribes?. None , he says. I refuse. There is a bad habit, he continues, to always have gifts to share, something is not done elsewhere. Then expect the whole world. Almost demand it. The Americans set a bad precedent. For example in Cairo is releasing the American dollar as a medium for protection. The English and leave little, we are bad.
With coffee gelatin leaves another question: Why a motorcycle baptized with the name of Princess and the other to give? To which Sylvester says very seriously, that's because the second not earned it. problems only gave . We
time to go to an interview with Roger recently honored Blasco Radio Euskadi Eitb for his 25 years of the program "Anchors Aweigh." He wheedled, with the last sip of iced coffee, who sponsor him. Mainly English headquarters of the international audit BDO, who also purchased 300 books as corporate gifts. Also this 2TMoto, more than money supply materials and accessories, point of sale also book.
At one point, everyone at the table we're talking on a cellphone, each of his course. Which reminds me, writing this chronicle, which Silvestre told me that work surprisingly well as phone companies in Africa. Poor but mobile wifi pocket and the other . Even said something that is not in the book. The fact that people painted with the colors of a company. People are happy to have the house painted, not a complaint by the repeater installed under the ear. And all the people satisfied with their prepaid card and the snack bar .
again to enjoy a motorcycle ride to the headquarters of Eitb. I already feel biker. Pass the security checks at an airport as if it were (I now understand what the be in the air media). While waiting for Roger in a glass postmodern parlor spy I remember one question remained unanswered beginning of everything. Dime Miquel, know the country you did not like, but which do you like? . Botswana is peaceful and clean, Morocco and Tunisia, also, are the Swiss of Africa . It is in that quiet moment when I reiterate that your writing lively, as if to tell us your secret look of things, to translate those experiences, is what has differentiated itself from many other travelers notebook in hand, ( those of moleskine). His humor, his way of adding a piece of the history of the country visited, but in its way, even those with small accounts a touch surreal, as the flight to Baroness Blixen which makes cold sweat, invited by the partner at BDO in Nabimia. Film was his time with the wildlife under his feet.
Rogelio appears Blasco, friendly and affectionate. We recorded twenty minutes to "Anchors Aweigh" (which will be broadcast in a month and a half) about the adventures traveling, the work of Silvestre, not only in Africa, also his other landscapes, Asia, Canada, Europe motorbike tours weekend saw Iraq and speaking in "digital nation" and his future projects, none other than shipping the motorcycle in Alaska to Japan. But spoke of his books, short stories, plays, novels. His work registrar of property and their Exceedances. His love of motorcycling, a million stones, both physical and mental obstacles in the way and the three thousand stars can be found, the camaraderie between the riders and the solidarity that is received by the roads. Quick response, their exact data is output, without any doubt.
sits afternoon, we left and I have to say goodbye. I leave you prepared to sign copies from Honda for all their fans, and then enjoy a bit of the night, one of your favorite moments of the day . Still gives me a final round to the station, guess my eyes eager to experience another psychedelic curve, and I am so excited that I'm saying goodbye to the helmet. Good thing this guy is in everything.
Of course, what counts.
Let us add the word of mouth marketing is the best an author can show, along with a promotional effort worthy of admiration. Of the latter I have myself witnessed. An exceptional witness through a live interview and live, you may qualify for road movie on the occasion of the presentation in Bilbao, on 1 April, Million stones in the Honda dealer, to become for a day in the shadow of this author vibrant, tireless worker, fighting with arguments promoting work of travelers.
The sun was shining on a bright April release that returned the brilliant reflection of the shell of the Guggenheim. Miquel Silvestre had an agenda as active as him. To come and greet him with a Honda Varadero told me, camera in hand is better than flying story. Swiftly and gracefully rode package and feel the air of Bilbao, with helmet. As we passed along the Gran Via I suggested if he was aware of the momentum that was giving to the African tourism, now so necessary. His look of surprise me confirmed that it had not fallen.
Trickster, seductive and quick mind, much as his words, Silvestre dragged me to his appointment with Kike Alonso Onda Vasca. Live and direct, we were greeted with the sound of the rock band Marea , original de Navarra. Few minutes in which the author of A million shells stones with the exact words, leaving no dead time to eat, most of the book and the reason to buy it, enjoy it or give it away. We observed the astonished face of Alonso, who forgot to ask if the blood and wounds shown in the book were real.
Back on the bike. We went down the street Autonomy and the way I recall Silvestre has built the book, in a nonlinear fashion. We faces, from the first page, a road accident at a South African national. " A blow, a literary " he answered. Start counting, from a stay in a hospital, a bike ride, juxtaposing planes. Already signed up in Bliss, visions of the beat generation , his narrative is very cinematic.
crossed the river, we stopped front of the Parroquia de San Nicolás de Bari. " South Africa is the country that I disliked. It is a country that repels me . " I could not help asking that African territories have liked more and which less. "Anger and racism remain the daily drivel " he continues. " The black South African is believed lower due to the mantra of many years of apartheid. Then reacts with irritability and anger at racial inequality and make mistakes, justifying all based on this inequality . "
The heat begins to tighten or perhaps the looming debate about us. Your response leads me to tell what French political scientist and journalist Stephen Smith out in his essay Negrología , to blame the African people their share of blame, for retreat in its differentiation as a race and people of other the world. " should make a huge effort and work to earn the freedom outside the protection of NGOs and international organizations ", which aims Silvestre in his book. " tribal societies are" continuous, " yet, outside of South Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe ..) do not suffer difference from the color of their skin, although there is discrimination on other grounds, such as being part of a tribe or another, without there being a general concept of citizenship. It is difficult to build a democracy in a society where some members do not consider other people . "
Here we entered a dense terrain and important book. We have covered another section of the city, always on the Honda. We have another star in Bilbao, the sky is bluer than ever, and we are in Euskadi, a country of thorns. We began to get thirsty, a beer sitting admiring the facade of the Teatro Arriaga know water in the desert.
"Nobody like Marie Ba, Senegal's delegate to the audit BDO sponsor acting " Silvestre returns to the theme, " to explain the issue of caste formed by the elites and nobility and mere survivors without much chance of changing status. " Bilbao
budge, it's Friday, a day of work. The crowd looks at us, look like tourists. But we are actually working. Silvestre sweating, being kind and considerate to everyone that, after all, we ask the same things. I, trying to get those hours at his side, an interview with a touch voyeur for you, readers.
About his visit to Senegal asked by the kindly reception decorated with a trickle of telephone ninguneo that gave the delegate (diplomático!?) Of the English Embassy in Dakar . We laugh, the better. He did not even feel bad for someone who is leaving the skin on the adventure to tell. Given the doubts that something is fiction, there are the videos in Exploramoto , plus photos taken throughout the whole journey. Photos very professional, on the other side. We
sipping beer making time to eat with a group of friends. I start to feel a suitcase carried from one place to another. While the enjoyment of the bike I did not remove anyone. Le score on African beers , as it has done a good tasting. Nabimia, former German colony, has good beers , I answered. By the way, capeas faults "bikes with lots of patience? , you instantly loose. That's when I suspect that the sun is affecting me because my questions, I begin to look for gelatin. But Silvestre, who sonsaqué your favorite movies (Apocalypse Now and The Clockwork Orange) has patience and good humor. Actually Africa is full of good mechanics, he says, there with the invasion of Chinese (Chinese shops are even more lost in the village) to Africa is being accumulated trash, junk sometimes gets repaired but the most cases, and waste piles are everywhere. Senegal is a dump.
The best place to eat, given a sunny day like this is certainly a terrace, where you can also smoke a cigarette at the dinner table with coffee. We return to the Gran Via, near the park Iturrizar Casilda. Surrounded by bikers travelers, anyone here had traveled America from end to end. The salad is the queen of the requests to the waiter. Of course we are in Bilbao and the main courses are more euskaldun . I still stuck to Silvestre, and in between bites skewered him if he remembers has invented many professions across borders . More laughter. And how many have paid bribes?. None , he says. I refuse. There is a bad habit, he continues, to always have gifts to share, something is not done elsewhere. Then expect the whole world. Almost demand it. The Americans set a bad precedent. For example in Cairo is releasing the American dollar as a medium for protection. The English and leave little, we are bad.
With coffee gelatin leaves another question: Why a motorcycle baptized with the name of Princess and the other to give? To which Sylvester says very seriously, that's because the second not earned it. problems only gave . We
time to go to an interview with Roger recently honored Blasco Radio Euskadi Eitb for his 25 years of the program "Anchors Aweigh." He wheedled, with the last sip of iced coffee, who sponsor him. Mainly English headquarters of the international audit BDO, who also purchased 300 books as corporate gifts. Also this 2TMoto, more than money supply materials and accessories, point of sale also book.
At one point, everyone at the table we're talking on a cellphone, each of his course. Which reminds me, writing this chronicle, which Silvestre told me that work surprisingly well as phone companies in Africa. Poor but mobile wifi pocket and the other . Even said something that is not in the book. The fact that people painted with the colors of a company. People are happy to have the house painted, not a complaint by the repeater installed under the ear. And all the people satisfied with their prepaid card and the snack bar .
again to enjoy a motorcycle ride to the headquarters of Eitb. I already feel biker. Pass the security checks at an airport as if it were (I now understand what the be in the air media). While waiting for Roger in a glass postmodern parlor spy I remember one question remained unanswered beginning of everything. Dime Miquel, know the country you did not like, but which do you like? . Botswana is peaceful and clean, Morocco and Tunisia, also, are the Swiss of Africa . It is in that quiet moment when I reiterate that your writing lively, as if to tell us your secret look of things, to translate those experiences, is what has differentiated itself from many other travelers notebook in hand, ( those of moleskine). His humor, his way of adding a piece of the history of the country visited, but in its way, even those with small accounts a touch surreal, as the flight to Baroness Blixen which makes cold sweat, invited by the partner at BDO in Nabimia. Film was his time with the wildlife under his feet.
Rogelio appears Blasco, friendly and affectionate. We recorded twenty minutes to "Anchors Aweigh" (which will be broadcast in a month and a half) about the adventures traveling, the work of Silvestre, not only in Africa, also his other landscapes, Asia, Canada, Europe motorbike tours weekend saw Iraq and speaking in "digital nation" and his future projects, none other than shipping the motorcycle in Alaska to Japan. But spoke of his books, short stories, plays, novels. His work registrar of property and their Exceedances. His love of motorcycling, a million stones, both physical and mental obstacles in the way and the three thousand stars can be found, the camaraderie between the riders and the solidarity that is received by the roads. Quick response, their exact data is output, without any doubt.
sits afternoon, we left and I have to say goodbye. I leave you prepared to sign copies from Honda for all their fans, and then enjoy a bit of the night, one of your favorite moments of the day . Still gives me a final round to the station, guess my eyes eager to experience another psychedelic curve, and I am so excited that I'm saying goodbye to the helmet. Good thing this guy is in everything.
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