Ga yawancinmu, idan aka tambaye mu wane gari ko garin Spain da ke da wuraren sayar da littattafai mafi yawa, da sauri za mu yi tunanin Madrid ko Barcelona. Idan aka kara tambayar a karshen, ga kowane mazaunin, amsar zata canza sosai. Kuma shine don samun amsar ya kamata mu tafi zuwa ga garin Urueña, wanda ke cikin lardin Valladolid kuma wanda zai iya yin alfahari da kasancewar garin Spain ko ƙauyen da ke da mafi yawan shagunan littattafai na kowane mazaunin.
Tare da mazauna 180 kawai, yana iya yin alfahari da samun shagunan sayar da littattafai 9, ko me yayi daidai da shagon sayar da littattafai ga kowane mazaunin 20, babu shakka kyakkyawar alatu ce ga duk waɗanda ke zaune a wannan garin na Valladolid kuma rikodin da ke da wahalar dokewa.
Da yawa daga cikinku za su yi mamakin yadda yawancin shagunan sayar da littattafai za su iya rayuwa a garin da ke da ƙarancin mazauna, amma komai yana da bayaninsa wanda tabbas za ku fahimta, amma kuma hakan zai ba da mamaki. Bari mu fara da shi.
A cikin 2007, Urueña ya zama Villa del Libro ta hanyar aikin Turai Book Twon.. Adadin shagunan sayar da littattafai da sauri ya fara girma, wanda sama da mutane miliyan miliyan ke ziyarta duk shekara don neman littattafai daban-daban.
Wannan aikin ya bar sauran Villas a cikin littafin a duk Turai, kuma misali zamu iya samun ɗayan a; Montereggio (Italia), Redu (Belgium) ko Bredevort (Holland). Tabbas, akwai kuma adadi mai yawa na shagunan sayar da littattafai a ciki.
"A Spain, an yanke shawarar ganowa a Urueña saboda Gidauniyar Joaquín Díaz tana can, kuma baƙi zuwa garin sun riga sun sami asali na al'ada".
Bugu da ƙari Duk dakunan karatu a Urueña suna da halaye waɗanda a cikinsu zaka iya samun tsoffin littattafai masu ban mamaki, wanda da ƙyar za a iya sayan sa a wasu wurare, wanda ya sa masu karatu daga ko'ina suke zuwa wannan garin a Castilla y León, ba kawai daga Spain ba, amma daga Turai.
A waɗannan lokutan lokacin da ake tilasta wa wuraren ajiyar littattafai rufe ƙofofinsu, saboda haɓakar karatun dijital da ƙattai kamar Amazon ko Barnes & Noble, don ambaci takamaiman misalai biyu, Abin farin ciki ne sanin shari'oi irin na Urueña wanda shagunan litattafai sune manyan jarumai, kuma hakan yana ba da rayuwa ga garin da kuma hanyar samun abin rayuwa ga mazauna garin.
Ban san lokacin da zan sami hutu ba, amma ina tsammanin da zaran na same su, ɗayan wuraren da zan tafi na aan kwanaki shine Urueña, don sanin wannan gari na musamman da zai iya yin alfahari kasancewa ɗaya tare da mafi yawan kantin sayar da littattafai ga kowane mazaunin a duk ƙasar Sifen.
Shin kun taɓa ziyartar Urueña da shahararrun shagunan sayar da littattafai?.
Urueña ... Ban taɓa jin labarin wannan garin ba. Labari mai ban sha'awa. Labari mai ban sha'awa Villamandos.
Nice garin Valladolid na kusa sosai Ina ba da shawarar shi.
Na kasance a cikin 2013 kawai rana ɗaya kawai saboda ina wucewa. Yanayin bai kasance ba don in more wannan garin sosai amma ina son titunan dutse, bangonsa, da yanayinsa. Garin babu kowa, lokacin bazara ne kuma ana ruwan sama kuma yana tsakiyar babu, duk da haka, na shiga daya daga cikin kananan kantunan litattafan su cike da tsofaffin littattafai, kuma nayi kokarin ziyartar cocin su amma an rufe a lokaci. Ina da yakinin zan dawo da zaran na samu kuma zanyi wata ziyarar sannu a hankali….
Zai yi kyau in kasance a wurin kuma in sanar da kaina, a matsayin ɗayan manyan mafarkai a rayuwata a matsayin marubuci; Anan a Colombia babu komai game da litattafai, kuma sun kasance suna rubutu da tafiye-tafiye a duniya ta hanyar karatu sama da shekaru goma sha biyar.