Unas Personas

Con textos que funcionan como telescopios hecho de palabras Jairo Buitrago nos invita a ver de cerca a trece personajes de la ciudad: un niño que heredaba la ropa de sus hermanos, un señor que habló una vez sobre "Moby Dick" con una chica que no volvió a ver, una señora que llevaba a su pato al cine… ¿Será que tras estas instantáneas un poco melancólicas, un poco surrealistas, se ocultan relaciones insospechadas trazadas por la mano magistral de Manuel Monroy? Un libro dulce y lleno de atmósferas que invita a ejercitar la observación y la empatía y que guarda una entrañable sorpresa final.
 
With texts that work as telescopes, Jairo Buitrago invites us to look closely at thirteen characters from the city: a boy who inherited his brothers' clothes, a man who once spoke about "Moby Dick" with a girl he never saw again, a lady who took her duck to the movies ... Could it be that behind these snapshots is a little melancholy, a little surrealism? This sweet story invites the reader to exercise observation and empathy, leading to a lovely surprise.
 

Jairo Buitrago is a writer, illustrator, and researcher of cinematographic subjects. He has been a screenwriter of children's programs and directs literature and film workshops for children in vulnerable situations. He won the White Raven Prize in Munich, Germany. He is also the author of Eloísa y los bichos and El señor L. Fante. Manuel Monroy studied graphic design at the Metropolitan Autonomous University. Throughout his career he has specialized in illustrations for children's books, cultural magazines and posters.