Todas Las Horas del Día / All Hours of the Day [Spanish]

By Clara Fuertes

Book Overview

Una extraordinaria novela basada en la vida de Mar a Casares, la actriz espa ola de teatro que triunf en el exilio en Francia: su historia familiar, su carrera art stica y su relaci n con Albert Camus, con el que vivi una apasionada historia de amor.

Cu ntas veces puede nacer una persona en su vida?

1990. Airas, un joven periodista gallego, recibe su mayor encargo hasta el momento: cubrir la entrega del Gran Premio Nacional de Teatro de Francia a la actriz Mar a Casares. Con m s de sesenta a os, Mar a, todav a en activo, vive en una gran casa en la campi a francesa, junto a los fantasmas de sus dos grandes amores: Albert Camus, su amante, y Andr Schlesser «Dad , su mejor amigo y posterior marido. El acento gallego de Airas y su enorme parecido con Camus llevar n a Mar a a revivir sentimientos que cre a olvidados y a reconstruir su historia personal y profesional, desde que abandon Espa a tras el estallido de la Guerra Civil con catorce a os por ser hija de Casares Quiroga hasta que Francia la convirti en una de las figuras m s influyentes de su teatro. Una vida irrepetible marcada por el mar, el exilio, el amor y la soledad.

Sensible, nost lgica y exquisitamente narrada, esta novela explora la intimidad de la artista que llev el acento gallego a lo m s alto del arte europeo. En Todas las horas del d a, Clara Fuertes recupera y reivindica la voz de una mujer polifac tica que convivi con los grandes nombres de su poca.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

An extraordinary novel based on the life of Mar a Casares, Spanish theater actress who triumphed in exile in France: her family history, her artistic career, and her relationship with Albert Camus, with whom she had a passionate love story.

How many times can a person be born again in a lifetime?

1990. Airas, a young Galician journalist, receives his biggest assignment to date: to cover the story in which actress Mar a Casares is awarded the French National Theater Grand Prize. Even at over sixty years old, Mar a is still very active; she lives in a large house in the French countryside, along with the ghosts of her two great loves: Albert Camus, her lover, and Andr Schlesser "Dad ", her best friend who later became her husband. Airas's Galician accent and his enormous similarity to Camus will lead Mar a to revive feelings that she thought had been long forgotten, and to rebuild her personal and professional story, starting from when she left Spain after the outbreak of the Civil War at the age of fourteen as the daughter of Casares Quiroga, until becoming one of France's the most influential theatrical figures. Hers was a unique life marked by the sea, exile, love, and loneliness.

Sensitive, nostalgic, and exquisitely narrated, this novel explores the intimacy of the artist who brought the Galician accent to the top of the European art scene. In All Hours of the Day, Clara Fuertes recovers and vindicates the voice of a versatile woman whose partners were the biggest names of that time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8401027241
• ISBN13: 9788401027246
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A.
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.0"