From “devouring time” we have moved on to “devouring time”. Chronophagy is thus defined in psychology or sociology as the voracity of time, whether it is an active or passive subject, whether it is one's own or that of others. It is a new word that wants to capture the idea and create a whole imaginary about the vampirisation of the most essential part of life.
Based on the stories that make up the book CHRONOPHAGES. Devourers of time (Marciano Sonoro Ediciones), we will talk about time from different perspectives: sleep and death, the past and the future, memory and nostalgia,... The authors of the book will propose some readings, with space for stories, tales and proverbs contributed by the audience.
PARTICIPANTS / FACILITATORS
EDITORS
Jesús Palmero and Cristina Pimentel
WRITERS
Bruno Marcos
Mario Paz González
Antonio Toribios
José Miguel López-Astilleros
Eloy Rubio Carro
Alberto R. Torices
José Luis Puerto
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE PARTICIPANTS
Alberto R. Torices. Born in Guernica (Vizcaya) in 1972, he lives in Valdefresno (León), is a writer and works in editorial design.
He has published Yo, el monstruo (2002), Los sueños apócrifos (2009), Trata de olvidarlas (2017), Piel todavía muy blanca (Tierras de León Prize, 2004), Sacrificio (MonteLeón Foundation Prize, 2015) and Como un perro en la tumba de un cruzado (2019).
José Luis Puerto. Born in La Alberca (Salamanca) in 1953, he lives in León. He is primarily a poet, author of more than a dozen books, teacher and ethnographer with numerous publications. Winner of the Castilla y León de las Letras Award 2018.
Eloy Rubio Carro. Born in Astorga (León), he is a philosophy teacher, writer and journalist.
He has published two books of poetry Pajaroquealanochesederrama (2008) and La vida la pasar (2018), as well as a collection of short stories Oh dios oh, esto no es el paraíso.
Bruno Marcos. Born in San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa) in 1970, he lives in León. He is a writer, teacher and visual artist. He has published a work of poetry, Libro de las Enumeraciones (1996), an essay, Muerte del arte (1997), the novels Lo más profundo es la piel (2002) and La fiesta del fin del mundo (2004), as well as the diaries Nevermore (2007) and Suite Voltaire (2009) and a travel book, Últimos pasajes a la diferencia (2016).
Mario Paz González. Born in Compostela in 1971, he lives in León. He is a lecturer and holds a doctorate in Hispanic Philology. He has published several works of research and literary criticism. He is also a regular contributor to the press. He has participated in several short story anthologies.
Antonio Toribios. Born in León in 1960, he is a short-story writer who has published Juegos de artificio (2016), Tu nombre y otros nombres (2004), Ananías y la máquina maravillosa (2007), Luisito el lunático (2002), among other titles.
José Miguel López-Astilleros. Born in La Mancha, he lives in León. He is a writer, teacher and literary critic. He has published short stories in various collective works and book reviews in specialised magazines and in the press.
