UNIA presents a special edition of its easy-reading collection at the Huelva Book Fair
The Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA) has presented at the 50th Huelva Book Fair a special edition of Siempreviva, its collection of classics adapted to easy reading, which brings together the ten titles published since 2014.
The Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA) has presented at the 50th Huelva Book Fair a special edition of Siempreviva, its collection of Spanish literature classics adapted to easy reading. The volume brings together the ten titles published since the collection was created in 2014.
What easy reading is
Easy reading is a method that adapts the language and the layout of the pages so that texts are better understood. The UNIA applies it to fundamental works of Spanish literature in order to widen the number of people who can read them. Although it is mainly intended for those who find reading difficult, the university points out that it also serves children, young people, older people and any reader who wants to approach these classics in a simpler way.
Which titles it includes
Among the works gathered are Platero y yo, by Juan Ramón Jiménez; the Novelas ejemplares, by Miguel de Cervantes; La casa de Bernarda Alba, by Federico García Lorca, and Leyendas, by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. The collection also includes authors such as Carmen de Burgos, Colombine, with Los inadaptados, and Rosalía de Castro, with Ruinas, along with other works by leading authors.
Delivery to libraries and organisations
The UNIA has given this collection to libraries, schools, associations and social organisations that took part in the Book Fair activity. Institutions and people interested in learning about the collection or asking for information can contact the university through its La Rábida site.
New adaptations
The catalogue will keep growing. The university is already working on adding works by San Juan de la Cruz and Emilia Pardo Bazán.
The director of the La Rábida Site, María de la O Barroso, stressed during the event "the importance of removing reading barriers and ensuring that culture is accessible to all people". Barroso also defended the role of the public university in cultural dissemination and thanked the UNIA Publications and Library Service for its work.
