One of the fundamental characteristics of her writings is the ability to transfer readers to this universe of fantasies devised by her.
Mythology, magic, the occult and the connection of nature with human beings are themes that the writer has always addressed Mariana Palova. Before she did it through photography or digital art, then she experienced an artistic block that made her feel powerless; until, two years after “being in limbo”, he found in the written word another means to channel these elements with which he had been working since he was 15 years old. Now she is the author of one of the sagas most talked about and read by young people: The nation of beasts.
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“It was a very hard time for me, writing saved my life. I think I would have taken a wrong step if I hadn’t started writing”, Reveals the Mexican about this time in life that had the depression as a battle.
One of the fundamental characteristics of her writings is the ability to transfer readers to this universe of fantasies devised by her. “Something my readers say is that my novels are very visual. So it has a lot to do with my artistic side. What is the color, the texture, the smell, the shape, all that has to be also in the literary work. So it’s hard for me to give readers a scene without them knowing what that scene tastes like or smells like. These are all very important elements of my work.”, He says in a conversation with this newspaper.
At the moment he has published two installments of the saga: Lord of the sabbath and Legend of fire and lead. He also launched the novel zero A second love; the cover of this was released on the Guayaquil International Book Fair this year, and it even has its own soundtrack. But at what point did the artist turn her beasts into a saga and a prequel? “When I started writing this novel, I didn’t know exactly where I was going, but the idea grew so big, the world grew so much, so much that I said: ‘This cannot be just one book.’ It was about halfway through the first book that all of a sudden everything cleared up; It was kind of an epiphany, and I said it has to be four books. Everything has to do with the construction of the universe “, he maintains.
The nation of beasts It presents a young man named Elisse, who moves to New Orleans to look for his father, after having a series of nightmares while he is awake, since he cannot do it while sleeping. “What he is going to show us in New Orleans is not only what is behind his nightmares, why he cannot dream, but he is going to teach us how all the mythologies and religions of the world are connected in one thing.”, he says.
“It is a proposal for everyone, because no matter what part of the world you are from, everyone has a place in the nation of beasts. The mythology of your country will be in this book “adds the 31-year-old author.
His works are for sale in bookstores nationwide, such as La Madriguera, Mr. Books, Librería Española. (I)
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