A week or so ago the International Book Fair was held here in Mexico City at the Palacio de Minería, which is a very beautiful historic building located in the main square of this city, with a neoclassical style architecture according to what I was investigating, and that was built between 1797 and 1813, I was impressed by its very large stairwells and all its surrounding hallways, which were full of stands of bookstores and publishers as well as universities that were selling or promoting their books, it also caught my attention to see many people attending this event and especially many young people, sometimes I have the feeling that this habit of reading is not so popular anymore, but seeing so many people interested in books excited me again.
This fair, like many others held in the city, lasted a week, culminating on Sunday, and also included various activities such as book readings and presentations of works. It is also a good opportunity for people from other fields, such as goldsmiths and textile workers, to travel from other parts of the country to offer their products. This is the case of jewelers and goldsmiths from Taxco (a city where people specialize primarily in beautiful silver work), who came to Mexico City solely to offer their art at this very popular international fair, which is filled with a lot of movement and traffic of both national and international visitors.
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I was only able to attend on Sunday, which was the closing day of the event, and I was fortunate enough to witness the presentation of the book "Entre acto: Teatro Inédito y Pública de Elena Garro," a great Mexican writer and pioneer of magical realism, whose work had been, let's say, forgotten or overshadowed. I invite all those who love reading to read her work if you don't know it yet, so that you can enjoy her wonderful writing.
Anyway, I loved going to this international book fair, and I'm sure I'll go to any of the other ones that are open in the city. The vibe and good atmosphere are unique, at least for me, as I'm a book fanatic.
I'm sharing some photos of everything I saw. All photos taken in Mexico City by @majo77 with my Motorola G60s smartphone.
FERIA INTERNACIONAL DEL LIBRO.
Hace una semana o menos se celebro aca en ciudad de México la Feria Internacional del Libro en el Palacio de Minería, que es un edifico histórico muy bello ubicado en el zócalo de esta ciudad, con una arquitectura de estilo neoclásico según estuve investigando, y que se construyo entre 1797 y 1813, quede impresionada por sus esclareas muy grandes y todos sus pasillos circundantes, que estaban llenos de stands de Librerías y Editoriales asi como de Universidades que vendian o promocionaban sus libros, también llamo mi atención ver a mucha gente acudir a este evento y sobre todo a mucha gente joven, a veces tengo la sensación que este habito de leer ya no es tan popular, pero ver a tanta interesada en los libros me emociono de nuevo.
Esta feria asi como otras tantas que se relizan en la ciudad, duro una semana, culminando el domingo y conto tambien con varias actividades como lecturas de libros y presentaciones de obras. Tambien es una buena oportunidad para que personas de otros rubros como orfebres y textileros se trasladen desde e interior del pais para ofrecer sus productos, como es el caso de joyeros y orfebres de Taxco (una ciudad en donde la gente mayormente se especializa en trabajar bellamente la plata), que vinieron a Ciudad de México unicamente para ofrecer su arte en esta feria internacional muy concurrida y con mucho movimiento y transito de personas nacionales y extranjeras.
Yo solo pude asistir el dia de domingo que ya era el cierre del evento y felizmente pude presenciar la presentación del libro “Entre actos: Teatro Inédito y publicado de Elena Garro” quien es una gran escritora mexicana pionera del realismo mágico, y cuya obra había estado digamos olvidada u opacada. Los invito a todos aquellos amantes de la lectura, a que lean su obra si aun no la conocen, para que disfruten de su escritura maravillosa.
En fin me encanto ir a esta feria internacional del libro, y de seguro voy a ir alguna otra de las que tienen espacio en la ciudad, la vibra y buen ambiente que se vive es único, al menos para mi que soy una fanática de la lectura.
Les comparto algunas fotos de todo lo que vi. Todas las fotos tomadas en CDMX por mi @majo77 con mi smart phone motorola G60s.