Pròleg was the oldest ladies’s bookstore in Barcelona till January 10, when it closed. The enterprise has been a benchmark for feminist and writer literature for 31 years. In the final decade they’ve finished so from Sant Perer Més Alt road, however the property proprietor refused to resume their rental contract. Núria Monrós, proprietor of the enterprise, takes the chance to take a break: “We are in search of fingers considering persevering with with the mission,” she instructed NIUS.
The purchasers of the bookstore began a motion by means of social networks to denounce the scenario of the enterprise. In July, the property compelled Núria to depart the premises inside a month.
The mediation of the Barcelona City Council managed to get the property to postpone the eviction till this month of January, however Nuria’s plans to discover a new location have been minimize quick: “I’ve not discovered a spot in circumstances to proceed in Ciutat Vella. The costs are very excessive for a small bookstore like ours,” he says.
A flagship enterprise in Ciutat Vella
Núria rejects the concept of shifting to a different location since “we’ve been within the neighborhood for 30 years and a big a part of the clientele is aware of us right here,” she provides. So she has determined to reap the benefits of the top of the rental contract to take a break: “I’ve determined to cease machines to overview the state of the enterprise. It is a bookstore with a whole lot of potential however very demanding,” she explains.
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In current years, Núria has been the supervisor and solely employee, alongside together with her mom and co-founder of the area, Àngels Grases, who helped her every so often: “She’s retired, she would not should be right here anymore. I want ladies to hitch the mission, as companions, cooperative, patron… I’m additionally prepared to switch the model”, she explains. Meanwhile, Núria will guard the model till it reopens.
The Pròleg bookstore was not the primary feminist to open in Barcelona. Before her there was ‘La Sal’, which had its personal publishing home however closed. It was in 1991 when Núria’s mom, Àngels Grases, opened the enterprise. “At that point there was a global feminist ebook honest that was held in Barcelona. My mom collaborated and all of the attendees requested her about feminist bookstores in Barcelona. She realized that there have been none. A society was created with many ladies from the motion , lots of them educational, and Pròleg was based”, explains his daughter.
The bookstore of “all feminisms”
Pròleg opened lengthy earlier than the ‘increase’ of feminine authors when the cabinets of economic bookstores have been stuffed with male writers. “It has been a privilege to work right here due to the purchasers I’ve met and all that we’ve finished,” Núria explains proudly. 99% of her novels, poetry and essays have been written by ladies and she or he has at all times advocated for an “inclusive feminism” away from confrontation: “We are the one bookstore that comprises all feminisms, it is unnecessary to enter into debates “, she argues.
Núria acknowledges that occasions have modified: “Now they like feminine authors as a result of it has been found that they write properly and by chance they’ve gained visibility,” she says. She acknowledges that now “many bookstores hold the feminist signal.”
Pròleg was additionally a pioneer in different actions “We organized literary gatherings, which is similar because the ‘studying golf equipment’ which are organized now; we additionally gave inventive writing workshops earlier than the writing colleges opened,” he provides. That is why the neighborhood and plenty of readers have identified Pròleg for years.
Núria has work today: “On Saturday the twenty eighth I’ve to empty the premises,” she replies between bins and columns of books, ordered by writer. Many purchasers have requested him to proceed. Those closest to us perceive the stoppage: “They know that we have to cease to care for ourselves, they find out about work and put on and tear. I can’t proceed alone,” she explains whereas ready for the components to reach in order that Pròleg can proceed to be the dean bookstore for ladies in Barcelona.