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Books end up in other hands

A book is not finished when I write it, nor when it is printed. It is finished when someone opens it. These are fairs, tables, queues and booksellers, who know more about this than anyone.

Books
Two people holding copies of the book at a fair
With booksellers, who know more about this than anyone. Havana Book Fair
Copies in hand, next to a fair's sales table
Havana International Book Fair
Several people posing with copies of the book in the street
Book Fair in Santiago de Cuba
Signing a copy held in one hand, out in the street
Signing books in Santiago de Cuba
Signing copies at a table, in front of a bookshop door
Signing at the 33rd International Book Fair, Camagüey, March 2025
Standing beside the poster of the 33rd International Book Fair in Camagüey
The 33rd International Book Fair, Camagüey
Arms open before a table covered with copies
My books
A long table with several participants during a panel of readings and debates
Organised by the Onelio Jorge Cardoso Centre for Literary Training
Poster for the series Los onelianos cuentan, with a portrait of the author
Los onelianos cuentan, readings and debates with graduates of the Onelio Centre, Book Fair 2022
Portrait in front of a large poster of Alejo Carpentier's face
With Don Alejo Carpentier, Havana Book Fair
A tabby cat resting on a copy of Convertida en canción
Even the cat reads my books