Literary Imaginarium

By José Arias Pepín

This book has undergone a long and original process of creation. It was born with Blanca and Arturo's illustrations, some of which were several years old. When the storyteller Pepín contemplated them, he had the idea of creating a short story for each one of them.
To do this, it was necessary to dive deeply into these worlds and become intimate with the characters so that they could tell us their names and other aspects of their lives. Slowly, unconnected details emerged until, finally, they fitted together and a short story was born.
For the layout, the illustrators created front and back covers and new images, some inspired by the written stories. Finally, a year later, when there was already familiarity, two characters asked Pepín to continue their story and the Anexus was born: a text where some of these stories became intertwined.
This book - or graphic novel? - contains 32 original illustrations and the themes addressed dance around music, dreams and ecology. We invite you to contemplate these images calmly and, before reading the texts, to imagine your own stories. Thank you!

• Language: English
• Publisher: José Arias Pepín
• Release date: May 22, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215940631

José Arias Pepín

José Arias, Pepín, nació en Asturias, vive en las Islas Canarias desde el año 98 y junto a la escritura y auto-edición, se dedica a narrar historias y a la música. Escribió "Pequeños cuentos alrededor del mundo" (2016), libro de relatos propios que fueron escritos para narrar en sus sesiones de cuentacuentos, con ilustraciones de Teisa Serra, Blanca Ramírez y Arturo Soria. Fue seguido por "Los animales son mis amigos" (2017), cuentos populares con valores de los cinco continentes, seleccionados y adaptados para público infantil, ilustrados por Teisa Serra. Finalmente escribió "Imaginario Literario" (2018), historiando con microrelatos las originales ilustraciones de Blanca Ramírez y Arturo Soria, orientado al público juvenil y adulto. Los tres libros ya han sido traducidos al inglés y al alemán.Respecto a los cuentacuentos, desde el año 2007 ha realizado más de 50 contadas infantiles, juveniles y para adultos por teatros, bibliotecas, colegios, institutos, plazas y cafés-teatro de Canarias.También le apasiona la naturaleza, el tai chi y la huerta ecológica.

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LITERARY IMAGINARIUM

Texts

José Arias, Pepín.

Illustrations

Blanca Ramírez Solana.

Arturo Soria Pellicer.

Copyright for the cover, back and illustrations: Blanca Ramírez Solana & Arturo Soria Pellicer, 2018.

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Copyright for the text: José Arias Pepín, 2018.

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Translations: Michaela Tucker & Miguel García Tamés.

ISBN: 9798215940631

Published by José Arias, Pepín

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INDEX

Presentation

The Lamp

Beebird and Chesstrich

The Antelope of the Forest and Bird Woman

The Transmitter of Dreams

The Oracle

The Hug

The Symbol

The End of the World

Xana & Tirÿk

The Protector of Flight

Julita Smokes

The Three Kingdoms

Anexus

About the authors

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PRESENTATION

When Blanca and Arturo listened to someone reading my tales and offered to illustrate some of them, my surprise was a pleasant one. When I saw their drawings, my surprise was very big. Their illustrations hinted at one thousand paths; their characters winked their eyes at me and