Xosé Tarrío González - Huye, hombre, huye (ES)

This book is a scathing indictment, a harrowing chronicle of a struggle where survival itself—bound up with daily rebellion—can only be truly grasped by immersing oneself in the lines of this diary; a diary with whose narrative the prisoners who have read it fully identify. We have closely observed—beyond the mere gaze—the expression in the eyes of those who were incarcerated and knew him. We have seen how their eyes light up when they see this book. They read it and maintained contact with him while behind bars—something they never forget. They will never forget how one of their brothers laid bare, in all its raw brutality, the hatred the prison system inflicts upon the condemned—hatred that led to his life being taken in a cowardly, repugnant, and wretched manner. That look—initially tender and innocent, like a child’s, when recalling him with affection—turns scornful and furious at the realization that he is no longer among us. The way they clutch the book as if it were a relic transporting them back to the past, telling you, "I knew him; we were in Daroca together..."—the vibrations radiating in those fleeting seconds confirm, beyond a doubt, just how much this book meant—and still means—to so many people. Both inside and outside prison walls.

…..Here, laid out with crystal clarity, one can read the full details regarding the hypocrisy of prison rehabilitation, the torture inflicted on prisoners who refuse to be broken, and the complicity of virtually all politicians, lawyers, judges, psychologists, and doctors; ...and of the majority of society—unwitting yet equally culpable—in the confinement of rebels, the poor, and those who are a nuisance or "mar the appearance" of town and city streets, only to be locked away in the state’s dungeons.
…..What is described here is no ordinary story from just any era; it is a palpable reality that persists to this day. Prisons continue to spew out corpses month after month—that vast dumping ground for human beings used to keep the masses submissive through fear.

…..Thank you, Xosé, for this book that has taught so many of us so much; for clearly revealing what happens inside those vile, filthy places; and for the positivity, energy, resilience, willpower, sense of justice, freedom, struggle, defiance, sincerity, friendship, loyalty, solidarity, and love that radiate from these lines.
…..Translated into five languages ​​and having crossed dozens of borders, wherever it has reached, it has ignited an overwhelming desire to fight against carceral barbarism in those who previously knew nothing about the workings of this death-dealing institution—from the very depths of the most degrading isolation, the F.I.E.S. units: the prison within the prison, the hell within the hell. And for those who already knew, it serves as a dazzling injection of hope and vitality, ensuring the struggle does not die—because living while fighting is the best way to live.