The Hours Taken From Us
by Mónica Castellanos
Description
These are the days of Franco and Hitler. Among the thousands of refugees from the Spanish Civil War, Guillermina Giralt and Francesc Planchart, two young Catalans will live one of the most moving stories in their attempt to survive the French internment camp in Argelès-sur-Mer. But they will not be the only ones. Thousands of men, women and children, intellectuals, artists, peasants, workers will leave their homes, face inhuman conditions of life and fight to preserve the most precious thing they have: their lives.
In that uncertain future a man will emerge, the Mexican consul Gilberto Bosques who risking his life and his family’s, will suffer the arrest of the Gestapo and go beyond his diplomatic functions to save thousands of people from the most cruel and harrowing persecution of history.
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Endorsements
Aquellas horas que nos robaron won Best Historical Novel at the Premio Antonio García Cubas 2019.
Reviews
“A historical novel that recreates the convulsed revolutionary era in the north of Mexico and allows the author to create a female character with exemplary qualities.”
Secretaría de Cultura
“Great author, Mónica Castellanos gifted us with a delicious story that takes place at the beginning of the Mexican revolution. With its particular style, it takes us to the cities where plans were made in order to take down the dictator Porfirio Díaz.”
Conjurando Letras
“Mónica Castellanos publishes her novel with the intention of giving women the place they deserve when they have been left aside, among the shadows, even if with allowed the construction of a better society with her work and daily labor. Through the character of María Treviño, a young woman about to turn 16, the author pays homage to the women who, from the industry, the factories, the field and the home, have worked and forged contemporary Mexico.”
José Pablo Espíndola / Reporte Índigo
Author Biography
(Monterrey, México, 1960). She graduated from Superior Institute of Culture and Arts of Monterrey. She is cofounder of Editorial 42 líneas, Center of Familiar and Social Studies and speaker. Since 2013 she has dedicated her life to what has been her greatest passion: writing literature. Among his work is Canasta de comadres, published by Azul editores in 2015, Aquellas horas que nos robaron, el desafío de Gilberto Bosques, published by Grijalbo in 2018 and which won the Antonio García Cubas 2019 Award, in the category of historical novel. In 2021, El aroma de los anhelos was also published by Grijalbo.
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- Publisher/Imprint Penguin Random House / Grijalbo
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9786073167178 / 6073167172
- Publication Country or regionMexico
- Pages336
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleAquellas horas que nos robaron
- Original Language AuthorsSpanish
- Copyright Year2018
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