12 poemas / 12 poems
Books for children and young readers , 2023
Kalandraka
Pages: 40
“On once again immersing myself in these poems so many times read, heard and recited, I saw the need to carefully re-read them, given the difficulty of capturing the always ethereal soul of his poetry, so full of images. An intense journey which gave rise to a fresh perception of his work and the need to show a different Rafael Alberti, forgoing the obvious. This is why I have distanced myself from the man with long white hair, after his return from prolonged exile, so that I could observe the rebellious, curious and restless child that he always was; the child who never stopped running along the gleaming beaches of the Bay of Cádiz, who played with rhymes, splashing his verses in the sea. I have tried to reflect the light that never left the eyes of the poet who painted with words.” Elena Ferrándiz, illustrator