A Fond Farewell to Shortwave Radio
Every now and then my eyes are drawn to an object that, for years, played a major role in shaping my ideas about the world. It is a Sony radio…
Xavier Alcalá (Miguelturra, 1947), Telecommunications Engineer, Doctor in Informatics. He began his literary career in the 60s writing lyrics for Galician pop singer Andrés do Barro. Since then he has published more than 40 titles including short stories, travel books and novels. He is the author of ‘A nosa cinza’, a canonical novel in Galician literature. The main subjects in his body of work are emigration and adventure. His books are published in Galician by Galaxia, a publishing house of whose board of directors he is a member. His translated work to Spanish and English can be found in Valdemar, Ézaro, Nowtilus, Rinoceronte and TheWriteDeal. From 1971 to the present day he is a columnist in newspapers and magazines.
Every now and then my eyes are drawn to an object that, for years, played a major role in shaping my ideas about the world. It is a Sony radio…
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