The writer has just published ‘Herido leve’ (Lightly wounded) (Páginas de Espuma) in which he condenses thirty years of reading and reclaims the “purely pleasurable” role of reading, books and authors.

His work has been translated into several languages, including Finnish and Arabic. Its publishers present this book as a “literary feast for gourmets”.

It is expected to be a book which emanates enthusiasm for reading and literature. In the times we are living in, we have forgotten that literature can be, if not a feast, a party.

Compulsory reading at school has done a lot of damage.

Obligation is harmful to the pleasure of reading. This book tries to be the opposite; to allow us to fall back in love with literature and discover or rediscover all of the treasures contained within it, and there are a lot.

How do you read?

There is not one way to read. Yes, curiosity and reading for pleasure are good. Then, if you look a little deeper, it is good to ask yourself how the piece of work is created, why it has that structure, what type of voice the narrator has invented… these are more technical questions, but they double the pleasure we feel when we read.

Read the full interview here: EL MUNDO