Fer Rivas and Javier Peña in conversation with Alexandra Vives

One is never ready to say goodbye to one’s father. Even more so if you have a secret to tell, as was the case for Fer Rivas; or if they have been apart for years, as happened to Javier Peña. These two will talk to Alexandra Vives about how they have expressed this delicate moment in their books. Yo era un chico, by Rivas, is an autobiographical novel in the form of a letter to her father, telling him, ten years after, everything that went unsaid before. With Tinta invisible, Peña tells us that, in those final days, he realised it was literature that had built their father-and-son relationship, and talks about how “we are made of stories”.

All events on Sunday, January 1st will be free for people with ID from the department of Bolívar. Complimentary tickets can be requested —up to capacity— at the box office of the Hay Festival (Centro de Convenciones) showing your identification on the same day the event is taking place.