Hay Festival Jericó - Coffe with a writer

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Saturday 23 January

[CA1] 11:00 - 11:45 Digital Venue

Melba Escobar will talk about Cuando éramos felices pero no lo sabíamos 

At this event we will share a lovely Jerico-style coffee with Melba Escobar and we will talk about her most recent book, Cuando éramos felices pero no lo sabíamos, a work about the complex relationship between Colombia and Venezuela, a work given depth by the author’s travels to the country next door in 2019 and 2020. An intimate encounter between readers and the author, moderated by Guido Tamayo.

[CA2] 16:00 - 16:45 Digital Venue

Juan Gabriel Vásquez will talk about Volver la vista atrás 

At this event we will share a lovely Jerico-style coffee with Juan Gabriel Vásquez and we will talk about his most recent book, Volver la vista atrás. Vásquez has won the 2011 Alfaguara Novel Prize, the IMPAC Prize for The Sound of Things Falling, and the 6th Biblioteca Prize for Colombian Fiction for Canciones para el incendio. His novels and short stories have been translated into dozens of languages. An intimate encounter between readers and the author, moderated by Ana Cristina Restrepo.

Sunday 24 January

[CA3] 09:00 - 09:45 Digital Venue

Rosa Montero will talk about La buena suerte

At this event we will share a lovely Jerico-style coffee with Rosa Montero and we will talk about her most recent book, La buena suerte, a novel whose protagonists are Pablo and Raluca, who meet in a cursed village. Pablo is fleeing from something undefined and Raluca possesses a secret. The novel’s intriguing dynamic envelops the reader, along with its reflections on fear, longing, desire and notions of good and evil. An intimate encounter between readers and the author, moderated by Ana Cristina Restrepo.

[CA4] 12:00 - 12:45 Digital Venue

Manuel Vilas will talk about Alegría

At this event we will share a lovely Jerico-style coffee with Manuel Vilas and we will talk about his most recent book, Alegría, a novel with autobiographical elements about a famous writer who travels the world, after achieving fame with his latest novel. While promoting the book and meeting his readers, he also deals with the death of his parents, a recent divorce, his relationship with his children and reflects on his country’s history. An intimate encounter between readers and the author, moderated by Ana Cristina Restrepo.