Dr. Pedro Casillas Ascanio, by Iker Casillas, presents his new youth book “Los MegaLópez”
Dr. Pedro Casillas, author of the book, Los MegalopesAnd Published by Volteletras, yesterday she presented her new youth inaugural proposal accompanied by former international goalkeeper Iker Casillas, doctor Jaime Jimenez and editor Álvaro Casares. During the presentation held at the College of Dentists of Madrid, they discussed the private story of a humble family from Seville that the author brilliantly looks at, that does not stop representing the many other families that see it as complementing their dreams. As Iker Casillas himself explained: «When I was young I passed by the Bernabéu, imagining that I was already playing. My dream has come true, but behind it there is a lot of effort, me, as well as many people who helped me. Sitting here today is also great because the stories that Pedro tells will be loved by many people.”
The story of the López, who after a trip to the United States return to their neighborhood in Tres Mil Viviendas de Sevilla as Los MegaLópez, it talks about dreams and fantasies and is full of family values. The author himself recalls the history of his family, especially his grandmother, who also achieved her goals: “When I was very young, my father taught my grandmother to read and write, she worked since she was young and did not have time to learn, but nevertheless she was able to learn, and that my uncle was an engineer and my father a doctor Teeth, it makes a dream come true. “Arriving here, after two generations, with a book published by a publisher, I think can also be considered a dream come true,” said Pedro Casillas. For him, family is the pillar on which everything rests: «It is the source of love that Unbreakable.For me, the essence of man is dignity and love.
The story of the Lopez family is a unique comedy that also seeks to highlight a disadvantaged area, which can also be seen as a goal that the author would like to achieve: “Improve the conditions that exist in the Tres neighborhood of Seville that has the lowest per capita income in Spain, but where it is People have goals, they are passionate and they love … We cannot forget about this. Hugo, the middle son of the Seville couple, is the protagonist, who, with his own humor, narrates in the first person the events to which the five members of the Lopez family are forced. He narrates them with tact, Colloquially and directly, engaged in close dialogue with the reader: «There is no normal person in my house, I can assure you of that. We are a cosmic mutation of nature.” mockery. Inside the house, he cleverly shows his world, his values, and the adventure his family is immersed in. He describes and analyzes each of his members openly and without filters, but with great emotion. Thus, Hugo, his parents, Mark and Ursula, and his brothers deny us (“Halfway between Lady Gaga and Rossi de Palma”), and Mario (the youngest in “Nine years, a whirlwind of care, freckles and bad mood for what?”), they have to travel to Los Angeles where they live an American adventure so transformative, that it will take them back to a seville transformed into Megalobes.
Author
Born in Madrid in 1970, he graduated in Dentistry from ISCS University in Lisbon, and subsequently completed a postgraduate degree in Implantology from New York University. He currently runs his practice and is a professor at the European University of Madrid, where he obtained his doctorate in dentistry. In addition to his passion for making others smile, from a young age he was passionate about writing and the opportunity that letters give us to travel while staying in the same place. An inveterate dreamer, this is the second novel he rescues from the darkness where ideas lie.
Elva Lombardia, painter
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Born in Barcelona, she studied painting at La Llotja School. She works as an illustrator for several publishers of textbooks and illustrations for children’s and young adult novels. As an author, she has published comic strips Diary of confinement in a communal apartment Finally, she collaborates with children’s illustration magazines, podcasts, and the creation of illustrated videos.
He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions, and has won numerous awards in the field of urban painting and posters.
