Text: Carla Lorenzo
Notebooks 2015-2023
Daniel Santoro
October Editorial
One of the most important books from Editorial Octubrenot only for the beauty of its edition, but for the meticulous selection of each notebook. “Notebooks 2015-2023” brings together pages from eleven books with sketches, drawings, notes and paintings by Daniel Santoroheld in different bars in Buenos Aires and other cities. The book is divided into sections and each booklet invites us to reflect on the importance of art that is accessible to all, highlighting the inequality that prevents the construction of a fair society.There are also references to various poets and writers that Santoro admires.a, como Lacan, Donna Haraway, Nancy Fraser o Borges. Daniel Santoro is a key painter in the representation of the Argentine idiosyncrasywith strong strokes and colors sometimes opaque due to the coffee.
Me and the night
Florence Gattari and Raquel Cané
Good Harvest Editor
The independent publishing house Buena Cosecha has two books in its catalogue and, last July, added a third: “Me and the Night”, by Florencia Gattari. Corresponding to the theme of picture books, the volume invites us to discover the different tools that a person can create to stop the inevitable, in this case, the arrival of night. The protagonist, without getting out of bed, imagines ways to persuade the times of day or the sun. so that the night does not come. We know from the moment we are born that there are things, situations or moments that cannot be changed; making friends with them and looking at them in a different light could be the solution to each of our fears. With a short but powerful story, Accompanied by beautiful drawings by Raquel Cané, “Me and the Night” promises tranquility to those seeking calm in the midst of the storm.
In Pampa and the road
Osvaldo Baigorria
Blatt & Ríos
The reissue of this book is one of the best decisions a publisher can make. Originally published by Perfil Libros in 1998 within the “Minorías” collection, directed by María Moreno, this new corrected and expanded edition published by Blatt & Ríos arrives in 2024.
Osvaldo Baigorria presents us with the challenge of learning the stories of those who chose to live on the fringes of society. These are true stories about globetrotters and homeless people in whose nomadic lives they find true freedom. New chapters in which Baigorria intertwines their lives with themes such as books, politics, love, psychosis, libraries. Living on the margins is not synonymous with a lack of culture, but rather knowing how to use it as the main driving force for survival.
Not everyone
Marta Jimenez Serrano
Sixth Floor Publishing House
Hang in there heart, hang in there. Not everyone is built from Fourteen stories that have love as their protagonist and its ending as an inevitable outcome. As the back cover says, “at some point we have seen our existence shaken by the relentless power of love and its consequences,” and these stories become great supporting companions. Marta Jiménez Serrano, writer from Madriduses the resource of the joke mixed with a little drama and manages to make us reflect on the links, in a world dominated by the immediate and the scarce. A quick and dynamic read, with sharp concepts that invite us to think deeply about relationships.
