The love story between Albert Camus and María Casares stars in the new novel by Susana Fortes, ‘Just one more day’

The love story between Albert Camus and María Casares, which was marked by secrecy, distance and the exchange of 865 letters, is the protagonist in the new novel by Susana Fortes, ‘Just one more day’ (Espasa).

With Paris occupied by the Nazis as a backdrop, Fortes recreates the story that united the writer and the young republican actress despite the age difference – almost a decade separated them – in a contemporary context, through research of a writer who delves into the couple’s correspondence, provided by her editor.

Furthermore, this historical novel – which arrives in Spanish bookstores on January 16 – analyzes the period of “profound changes” that was the post-war period in Europe as Fortes delves into the liberation of France, the decolonization of Algeria and the rise of the ideological conflicts of the 20th century, without leaving aside the romantic character that permeates his new book since all these events highlighted the “tensions” of the protagonists, as detailed by the publisher.

That of Casares and Camus was an “impossible” love story that lasted 15 years, against the backdrop of the Second World War – they became lovers the same day that 15,000 American paratroopers descended on Normandy – without forgetting that the author French was married when they met and that they were both tied to the demands of their respective professions.

However, as Espasa emphasizes, “as it could not be otherwise, Fortes manages to convey the intensity of a love marked by impossibility” and that ended when Camus died in a car accident in 1960.

The Galician writer and columnist, who currently collaborates in creative writing workshops at several universities, is the author of other works such as ‘Dear Corto Maltés’, ‘The Ashes of the Bounty’, ‘Sand Borders’ and ‘The Albanian Lover’. ‘.