*The Thing was a column in the Chilean newspaper The Clinic, in which week after week its author, Leo Marcazzolo, described a thing, an object or a moment in his life.
This book is a compilation of those columns.
“The reason I mention this book is because, just as Leo Marcazzolo spoke of seemingly simple ‘things,’ our clients, when visiting our showroom for the first time, often ask a lot about ‘things.’ The things that make up every corner of our space, those objects that bring the decor to life.”
Literary critic Álvaro Bizama described her as ‘strange’ in an interview published by The Clinic... I had the opportunity to meet Leo, Niní to me, when I was fourteen years old.
Yes, it’s true, it’s strange, although I would define it as unique, authentic, special, post-pessimistic.
We were friends for many years, sharing countless stories, some of which she told much better than I could on various occasions. In fact, many of those stories appear in this book, and in some of them I’m one of the protagonists.
Then I went to live in India* (2009), I think that’s where things started to go wrong because of the distance.
I’m bringing back that brilliant idea from the column La Cosa to talk about what makes the Libertad Avenue showroom special.
I am deeply satisfied to pay tribute to this rare and unique writer, Leo Marcazzolo, whose essence lives on in every word she wrote and every thought she shared.
His legacy, his ‘things’, that mystery between the tangible and the ethereal, lives in me like an indelible mark.
And not just in me, but in every corner of Libertad Avenue, where his lyrics blend with the air and the passage of time. Because his work was not only recorded in his books, but continues to beat, pulsing in every thought that invites us to look beyond the obvious, to connect with the profound. The echo of his voice resonates in me and, somehow, will always be there, in the most unexpected corners, like a silent but constant presence.
*The Thing of Liberty Avenue: monthly column
*India: I remember conversations with Lucy, Leo’s mother, with whom we shared wonderful moments discussing the harshness of living in certain countries with an overwhelming cultural distance. Thank you, Lucy.
*Chiva: lie
The Thing book, available on Mercado Libre.
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