This Is Not Said

A vivid, emotional, brave, and hopeful story in the face of the greatest evil: the abuse of a child.

This is the most luminous, impactful, and real book someone can write. After a childhood marked by sexual abuse, years of relentless bullying, and a hypersensitivity that often led him to the brink of suicide, Alejandro Palomas weaves a serene yet electrifying narrative in these pages, fearlessly revisiting childhood memories, his unique relationship with his mother, the shadow of a father who ultimately disappeared, and the power of imagination and writing as the last lifeline. This is the most sincere testimony of a man who chose to live and succeeded, thanks to his passion for inventing and sharing worlds, always through tenderness and humor, and now transforms his life into the greatest of stories.

Literature allowed him to create imaginary universes better than the life that surrounded him, and over the years, these fictions have helped him find the words to tell the whole truth.