Voices of Dawn

Original Title: Voces del amanecer

Four stories, in settings that are different but with a similar atmosphere, make up the microcosm skilfully created by Clara Pastor in this volume built upon the prowlings of memory as it branches out into infinite paths, and the attempts of her characters to bridge the distance—sometimes an abyss—that frequently separates them from the people they are closest to. Childhood homes and the protective network of the family thus become a longed-for refuge of memory in the face of the disenchantments of adult life, but they are also invisible spiderwebs. Subtle and suggestive, the stories of Voces al amanecer are told to the reader with the intimacy of a shared secret.

Praises

“In these four stories, all of them equally refined and subtle, intelligence and great sensitivity—traits that define the author—come together in an outstanding book. A must read.”
José Carlos Llop, Diario de Mallorca

“Clara Pastor has written a lovely book, full of subtleties and romantic atmospheres that give it a special touch.”
José Vicente Domeque Goya, Heraldo de Aragón

“Beauty, specificity, and perfection. The power of silence, of what is not said and hushed, is at the heart of this second book of stories by Clara Pastor.”
Anna Maria Iglesia, La Lectura (El Mundo)

“With exquisite sensitivity, Clara Pastor captures the emptiness of the relationships of her characters and, at the same time, their feelings, with intensity but without drama.”
Juan Antonio Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia

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Details

Acantilado

April 2023

144 pages

Short Stories