Daniel Antelo presents his new book: stories from Deza and Tabeirós-Montes
There are moments that, without making too much noise, remind us why writing continues to be one of the most beautiful bridges between people and places. This year, in the heart of the region of Deza-Tabeiros-Montes, one such story has emerged.
The local writer Daniel Antelo has given life to a very special work, a book that is self-published with its heart set on its land. It is not just a volume with pages: it is a piece of landscape, of conversations, of sunrises and memories that pulsate like the Galician land itself.
Antelo has chosen to take the road less traveled to publish his creation. This work was born without a traditional editor, which makes it an intimate and personal project, forged between coffees at dawn, rainy afternoons in the library and talks with friends who believed in each idea. We are talking about someone who was not satisfied with dreaming a book... he decided to take the pen and put it to paper with his own hands.
A book that tastes like a region
Imagine a walk along the rural roads of the province, between gentle hills, stone walls covered with moss and the distant song of birds. That landscape reverberates in the pages of Antelo. And although we do not yet know all the details of its content, we can assume that it is woven with the same affection with which many neighbors talk about their childhood, the summer parties, the stories that are passed from grandfather to grandson.
This book is not just for solitary readers: it is for those who are proud of their roots, for those who have seen the autumns change and continue to return to the region again and again. It is for everyone who has felt that a place can become an inseparable part of who we are.
The power of self-publishing
Self-publishing a work is no small task. It means believing so much in what has been written that you are willing to take care of every detail, from the first page to the last full stop. There are no intermediaries, there are no foreign hands shaping the text: it is a direct conversation between the author and his work.
And in a world where many voices compete to stand out, for someone to choose this path—that of absolute authenticity—is, in itself, a statement.
Readers and dreams that walk together
The most exciting thing about this news is not only the publication of the book, but what it means for the community. When a local author publishes a work, a spark is lit in the rest of those who believe that there are stories worth telling. Stories like that family recipe that no one wrote down, that childhood anecdote at the old school, or the memory of the first train that crossed the region.
Perhaps Daniel Antelo did not intend to change the world with this book... but what he is achieving is something more subtle: remind us that we all carry within us a handful of stories waiting to be shared.
And that, sometimes, all it takes is a dream and a few blank pages for the magic to begin.
