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How can books teach us about the world, the people around us, and ourselves? How are they able to rescue us from difficult times? By combining personal memories and reflections on his readings, Pedro Pacífico tells how books played a crucial role in the construction of his identity. A reference among literary content producers on social media, with almost half a million followers on Instagram, Pedro, also known as Bookster, also demonstrates how the habit of reading is a good tool for dealing with anxiety and our unhealthy dependence on the internet.
In an honest and direct way, Pedro shares experiences and curiosities about his life. His journey since childhood, his first steps as a reader, the process of creating a profile on social media, his relationship with family and friends. In addition, the author reveals in detail how the pressure to fit into a lifestyle that did not fit him ended up triggering a situation of suffering and anxiety, later calmed, among other things, by literature and the exercise of otherness that it provides. A natural storyteller, he intersperses accounts of how he managed to feel more comfortable with his sexuality with insightful observations about some of the works he came across along this path. From Gabriel García Márquez to Lemony Snicket, he shares opinions and literary recommendations, shows how literature can and should be accessible to everyone and gives tips on how to make it a pleasurable habit.
Thirty Seconds Without Thinking About Fear is a moving and intelligent story about a long and painful process of self-acceptance, largely permeated by the author's relationship with literature. Pedro Pacífico's work also proves that books and social networks, commonly understood as extremes, can dialogue. And not only that. They have everything to be a perfect pair!
