Álvaro García Hernández gives us an interview (Saint Anthony, 1976) in line with his latest published novel January and you naked (Alliance). Graduate in Hispanic Philology, works as a teacher of Spanish Language and Literature, He is the author of the successful blog Diary of a wrong god and several youth novels. It has been awarded the Wide Angle 2016 and the Hache Prize 2018. GINÉS J. VERA
In January and you naked Kant is mentioned a couple of times, I found it curious because when they told me about the life of this philosopher, his daily routines were very important., and lo and behold, those of the protagonist of January and you naked also: your weekly routines. Do you tell us?
When I studied COU, The most feared author in Philosophy was Kant. I always try to create references that the reader shares with me, do not cite because it seems excellently cultured. I'm sorry I don't know Kant's routines, January ones are simply a way to survive.
There are several phrases worthy of being taken from the novel and that lead others., or take them to a tweet, For example: “Hate involves a waste of energy”. If so. love, also, love or hate is more entropic?
It costs more to love, kindness doesn't let us stay still, hate doesn't let us leave the house. Ah, and already put, tell us about that other one: “loneliness makes us ridiculous”. I think this ties in very well with one of the great river themes of the novel.. We do the stupidest things when we don't have a person watching us constantly., when we think everyone is watching us.
Several literary works and/or authors are mentioned, For example: a Wilde, Lolita, “a book by Julio Llamazares” or García Márquez. These inclusions usually have a significance beyond the casual.. Is it in this case?
The one of Lolita It seems to me that it is also quite emblematic of the narrative drive of the novel.. Books are like memories, they return at will. I don't usually use many literary references out of common sense., but the ones that appear were because they came to see me at that moment.
They also appear between the pages of January and you naked, blue summer, Trainspotting, Children of a minor god, Nine and a half weeks, The A Team, Charlton Heston… composing a wonderful mosaic of film culture for almost a generation, that of the protagonist and, if I may, that of the subscriber. Tell us about the choice of these titles and winks to the big and small screen.
They are generational symbols, the difficult thing was not rescuing them, but select them. Each generation has so many that I was afraid I would always exceed. I have learned that over time, if you have already hit a shot, don't keep shooting.
