The writer, Spanish-Mexican journalist and economist Claudia Luna Palencia participated in prime time at the Madrid Book Fair, on Saturday June 15, at stand 37 of the Juan Rulfo bookstore.
The writer has signed several of her books, in particular the second edition of her story “The rescue of the turtle Pepe” from Editorial Algorfawhich is very popular with children and their parents.
His novel “The Mothball Club”, which takes place in Madrid in 1999 and which deals with the loneliness of the elderly in a mortgaged Spain in the midst of a real estate boom, has not gone unnoticed.
The story is based on a true event and reflects the moment that Spanish society was going through, particularly in Madrid, and which, years later, would give rise to many of the problems that still exist today.
Luna Palencia is the granddaughter of Julián Palencia González, who was active in Almería in favor of the Republic and who ended up in a forced labor camp in Bou Arfa, Algeria, for the construction of the trans-Saharan railway. He arrived in Mexico as a political refugee.
Of Spanish nationality, she lived in Spain for several periods before settling permanently in Malaga. She works in Madrid as a journalist and correspondent for La Moncloa and is an expert in geopolitics and geoeconomics.
Claudia Luna is currently president of Casa de México in Malaga and in Andalusia and has received several awards for his work. Those who know her define her as a “very special” person, with exceptional emotional intelligence, who has achieved excellent academic results since childhood. She demonstrates empathy for her environment full of sensitivity, profound simplicity and humility.
His books do not go unnoticed. Director Ana Laura Calderón, awarded in Spain for “Corazón de Mezquite”, is directing the film adaptation of the novel “The Mothball Club”.
As for his story, “The rescue of the turtle Pepe”, published by Editorial Algorfa, it is in its second edition with the magnificent drawings of the talented Cristina Guzmán from Malaga.
It is a story written in rhyming verse that Luna Palencia wanted to share with her daughter Claudia Genoveva Loret de Molaresulting in a sparkling story that grabs you from the first page.
Children end up being captivated and almost always ask their parents to give a turtle as a gift. Pepe the Turtle brings adults back in search of their lost childhood. It’s a tale that tells the adventures of a very naughty little girl, in the company of her favorite pet.
Next Wednesday June 19, at 6:30 p.m., he will present the second edition of his story in Malaga, at Keyzen Soho, Casas de Campos 15, in the presence of the eminent journalist from Malaga, Manolo Reina.
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