"When we read, we can put ourselves in other people's shoes and see the world through a perspective that is not our own: we either engage in dialogue or we confront each other," said writer Cristina Rivera Garza this Tuesday afternoon during the traditional Reading Proclamation, held at Barcelona City Hall and organized in collaboration with the collaboration of raising signs such as "we defend our libraries," "lack of staff," and "mistreated librarians," in protest of the working conditions of the staff. "Barcelona is transformed on April 23 into a large bookstore, an image that enamored a Nobel Prize winner for literature who recently passed away." Mario Vargas Llosa", said Xavier Marcé, current Councilor for Culture.