writer Miranda Javier Castro visits the IES La Caleta On April 9 was held at the Auditorium Center, an activity prepared by our colleague Cristina Flowers and organized by the Reading and Library Plan.
We visited Javier Castro, a young and promising writer Cadiz, whose presentation was followed with great interest by the students present, belonging to 2 degrees of Bachelor and 4 of ESO
Javier knows the literary world because he works in a bookstore, because it reads a lot and it is documented very well to write his historical novels. So much so that at times has come to find historical documents and bibliographical interest.
Javier Castro (right) during a time of its intervention
The production revolves around Cadiz past has published two titles. The first, "Al-Sanam. The fall of the idol" on Muslim Cadiz, the second, "The Sea Devils. The Odyssey of Black Trick" on the Cadiz sailor and cosmopolitan of the eighteenth and early nineteenth . It is also about to introduce a novel that reflects the atmosphere of the city for Courts Cadiz and the spread of yellow fever. Some look forward to the publication.
But Javier not afraid to explore other literary worlds and has written "The Ritual (project UR-21) ", a work that fuses aspects of the scientific world and the time of dreams and fantasy.
In short, a prolific work if we consider that, as we said before, is a young man with a future.
Our writer explained to the students' sources of inspiration and, above all, and is welcome, encouraged reading and writing as a source of aesthetic pleasure, asking them not to lose heart in the difficult task of a possible publication. At the request of our colleague Gonzalo Duran, who acted as host of the event, and his insightful questions, was shelled all attractive and captivating universe that was enveloping the present.
I can only remember, before ending this brief review, Alice has been my student, I greatly welcomed him and remember that some modest grain of sand will have contributed to it has become what it is today. This type of situation we invite optimism educational and not falter in this task is to encourage and promote reading. I congratulate you.
Francisco M. Traverso
Professor at IES La Caleta