Autographs, 35 books and interest in the mountains, Queen Letizia inaugurates the post-pandemic Book Fair

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Normalcy has returned to the Book Fair after two years.

Finally, the Paseo de Coches del Parque del Retiro is open from this Friday to anyone who wants to come to the booths to find out what's

The first reader who has received the fair has been Queen Letizia.

For years, the wife of Felipe VI has been in charge of opening this cultural event, a moment that she enjoys and in which she reveals some of her literary tastes.

At eleven o'clock in the morning the Queen appeared at the booth of the Ministry of Culture at the Fair.

Accompanied by the Minister of Education,

, the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, and the Deputy Mayor, Begoña Villacís, Doña Letizia spent an hour and a half at the Fair.

The Queen had planned a tour passing through institutional and private booths.

Thus, after completing the Children's pavilion and that of Europe, from where she has come out with a fan with the flag of the Union, the Queen has stopped at the booth of the

.

There, Doña Letizia has valued the effort of the assembly and has received two gift books:

about Spanish navigators in the South Pacific in the 16th century, and the

of Ramón y Cajal.

Because this is a day in which the Queen receives books of her interest and reveals which ones she has read.

Thus, in the booth of the Reno bookstore, he was pleased to see

by Nuccio Ordine and

by François Truffaut on display.

As the booksellers have revealed later, they are

of Doña Letizia that she read in her university days.

More striking has been the Queen's stop at booth 298, that of the

.

It is the oldest bookstore in Spain, since 1890 it has been in the same place.

It is currently a bookstore specializing in Climbing.

Doña Letizia has confessed to the owner of the business that she has visited her store on several occasions "although

", she has said.

The Queen has taken three books:

, which talks about women in the world of climbing,

and another about the life of

.

According to what he told the author, he really likes going out to nature and to the mountains.

The stop with Pepa Arteaga, owner of the

has been very emotional, since this year

after 44 editions present at the Fair.

From her booth, number 207, Arteaga has boasted about the Madrid fair: "There is no other in the world like it, here the authors are with the readers."

Doña Letizia and Arteaga have talked about the latest book by Rodrigo Cortés and the Queen has taken

.

In Galaxia Gutemberg (booth 222) Doña Letizia has met again with

The Swedish author of Greek origin was signing books at the Fair and has chatted with the Queen, whom he met during the state trip to Sweden.

Doña Letizia, who had already read

has taken her latest book, in addition to an illustrated edition of

and

Pasolini's

The owners of the publishing house have given him the collected poetry of

winner of the Reina Sofía Poetry Prize.

Doña Letizia, who has stopped at the Portugal stand and has assured that she has Pessoa's biography at home, has been very warm with

.

This young man owns a bookstore in Parla and this year he enters the fair for the first time.

From her booth, 235, Doña Letizia has congratulated them on the collection of children's

, she has even reflected on the comic manga titles they sell.

"She has told us that it is a joy that now that

is on so many platforms, it can also be had on paper."

The Queen was pleased that they promote culture in Parla and has taken

by Manel Loureiro.

A coveted fan

With the official tour completed, Doña Letizia has come to chat with the shop assistants of the Asteroid Books booth.

She has told them that it is one of her favorite publishers.

She has also told them that

, by Rachel Cusk, she really liked.

Also the novel

, by Maggie O'Farrell

Throughout the tour

tried to approach the Queen.

Carmen, a Madrilenian, has managed to attract the attention of Doña Letizia in the car ride.

As she explained to EL MUNDO, she had been trying for many years to get the Queen to

that she has had with her since the Kings' wedding.

"I have finally achieved it, the Queen is gorgeous, with those green eyes... she is very thin, but she eats very well," she told this newspaper while she showed off the fan.

In addition to the books mentioned, Doña Letizia has received as many others to complete

.

Before leaving for Madrid, the Queen has skipped her protocol to greet some of the curious who said goodbye to her between shouts of Guapa.

The books that the Queen has received

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A thread links me to you

Beatriz Giménez de Ory

Virtues (and mysteries)

Xesús Fraga (and Spanish edition)

The rebellious

Cristina Peri Rossi

Infinite reading Reading

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The Doré

I story-ya

Guam, the Marianas and the Chamorro culture

City Hall

Sabatini's Madrid

Telegrams cinephiles

José Luis Garci

The last summer of the USSR

Sara Gutiérrez

Sunstroke (love story)

Emilia Pardo Bazán

The history of the United States

Howard Zinn

Such small hands

Marina Sanmartín

San, the book of miracles

Manuel Astur

Catalog 2022

Castro Library

Spanish Classical Authors Selected Works

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

In demand from King Solomon Island

Forgotten Navigators of the South Pacific

PW Magazine From Madrid to heaven passing through El Retiro

Alfonso (photographer)

Yoga and climbing

Eileen Jubes

Rebel ropes

Portraits of female climbers Arantxa López Marugán

Carlos Soria

Darío Rodríguez

On the shores of the Bosphorus

Antonio de Zayas

Language and functionality to the rhythm of jazz

Almudena Mestre

In this garden, you shall not kill

Ouka Leele

The bear waltz

Eduardo Prieto

European Union: Sensational!

Listen to my voice

Manuel Espejo

When a queen takes off her shoes

Manuel Espejo

Two cities and love

Gema Hervás Asensio

The Bone Thief

Manuel Loureiro

That moth that flutters in front of me

Olvido García Valdés

Timandra

Theodor Kallifatides

Ulysses

James Joyce

The girl

Delia Owens

Some complete stories

Domingo Villar

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