Book launch: “Patricio Anís” by Marcos Hormigaverified
The Biblioteca Insular de Gran Tarajal hosts the launch of “Patricio Anís” by Marcos Hormiga. The book follows Patricio, who leaves a Fuerteventura hit by years of hardship and sets out for the Americas, while whole families sell everything they own to pay for a passage to Uruguay. A story of migration, poverty, love and hope. For adults, free entry until the venue is full.
The Biblioteca Insular de Gran Tarajal presents “Patricio Anís” by Marcos Hormiga. In a Fuerteventura hit by years of hardship, when the land cannot feed those who live on it, Patricio feels the time has come to seek another future and, like so many islanders driven by need and hope, sets out for the Americas, leaving his family and his landscape behind. Around him, whole families sell their land and animals to pay for a passage to Uruguay.
With a narrative voice rooted in everyday Canarian speech, the author turns Patricio's journey into the portrait of an entire era: a story of migration, poverty, love and hope, of men and women forced to choose between their roots and the sea. The event, aimed at adults, takes place in the library's multipurpose room in Gran Tarajal, with free entry until the room is full, on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 19:00.
