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La primera novela de José Luis Perales narra la historia de un pueblo castellano a lo largo de tres generaciones. Un homenaje a la vida del campo a través de una novela coral sobre el amor, las raíces y las relaciones entre padres e hijos.

El Castro es un pueblo tradicional de Castilla que, durante mucho tiempo, se ha resistido a caer en el olvido. Los habitantes han soñado, vivido y amado por sus calles de tierra, a la sombre de los olmos centenarios, frente a la vieja iglesia de San Nicolás o en el mirador alto que da al río. Pero, aunque los años pasan y los más antiguos del lugar ven cómo sus descendientes abandonan las casas que les vieron nacer, siempre hay alguien que regresa para hacer frente a la nostalgia y recordar cada una de sus historias. Como el primer amor de Evaristo Salinas, el relojero sordomudo; o el largo viaje de Victorino Cabañas en globo aerostático; o la pasión de Claudio Pedraza truncada por el estallido de la guerra; o la belleza legendaria de la gitana Cíngara y su local excavado en una cueva...
Historias que son también el relato del siglo XX en España con El Castro como testigo y protagonista principal de un libro que llegará al corazón de los lectores."

José Luis Perales nació en 1945 en Castejón, un pequeño pueblo de la provincia de Cuenca, en el seno de una familia de escasos recursos económicos. Poco a poco la música guio sus pasos hasta que una canción, Niebla, escrita a los dieciséis años marcó el principio de una larga trayectoria como autor. Un director discográfico le contrató como compositor para los artistas de su compañía. Y así escribió para gente tan diferente como Marián Conde, Tartesos, Juan Bau, o Fórmula Quinta entre otros. Entró a formar parte como autor de la compañía Hispavox y, desde entonces, y a lo largo de más de treinta años muchos artistas famosos han grabado sus temas, como Lola Flores, Rocío Jurado, Mocedades, Jose Luis Rodríguez, #El Puma#, Isabel Pantoja o José Feliciano, entre otros muchos.

Compaginó su labor de compositor con la de autor, debutando con Celos de mi guitarra. Fue el primero de una larga lista de éxitos como Y te vas, Un velero llamado Libertad, Te quiero, Y quién es él o Que canten los niños, entre muchos otros, formando una carrera de más de cuarenta años que continúa con una repercusión inigualable en todo el mundo hispano.
Además de la música, José Luis Perales es un apasionado de la jardinería, la arqueología y la literatura. Tras muchos años de imaginar historias y plasmarlas en las letras de sus canciones, publica su primera novela en Plaza y Janés, una maravillosa historia coral, con ecos del realismo mágico latinoamericano, que cuenta la historia de un pueblo castellano y de sus habitantes a lo largo del siglo XX.

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José Luis Perales's first novel narrates the story of a Castilian town throughout three generations. An homage to the country life through a choral novel about love, roots, and the relationship between parents and children.
The Castro is a traditional town in Castille that has been fighting oblivion for a long time. The inhabitants have lived, dreamed, and loved along its dirt streets, in the shadows of the ancient elms, facing the old St. Nicholas church or in the high overlook above the river. But, although the years pass and the village elders see how their descendants abandon the houses they were born in, there is always someone who returns to face nostalgia and remember each one of their stories. Like Evaristo Salinas's first love, the deaf and mute watchmaker; or Victorino Cabañas's long voyage in a hot air balloon; or Claudio Pedraza's passion cut short by the outbreak of war; or the legendary beauty of Cíngara the gypsy and her property carved into a cave...

Stories that are also the tale of the 20th century in Spain with El Castro as a witness and protagonist in a book that will touch readers' hearts.
José Luis Perales was born in 1945 in Castejón, a small town in the province of Cuenca, in the heart of a family of low economic status. Little by little, music guided his steps until one song, Niebla, written at 16 years old, marked the beginning of a long career as an author. A recording director hired him as a composer for his company's artists. And that's how he started to write for people as varied as Marián Conde, Tartesos, Juan Bau, and Fórmula Quinta, among others. He became part of the company Hispavox as a writer, and for over thirty years many famous artists have recorded his themes, such as Lola Flores, Rocío Jurado, Mocedades, Jose Luis Rodríguez, #El Puma#, Isabel Pantoja, and José Feliciano.
He combined his work as a composer with that of author, debuting with Celos de mi guitarra. This was the first in a long list of successes such as Y te vas, Un velero llamado Libertad, Te quiero, Y quién es él, and Que canten los niños, forming a forty-year-long career that continues to have an impact on the entire Spanish-speaking world.

In addition to music, José Luis Perales is passionate about gardening, archaeology, and literature. After many years of imagining stories and bringing them to life in the lyrics of his songs, he published his first novel in Plaza & Janés, a marvelous choral story, with echos of Latin American magic realism, which tells the story of a Castilian town and its inhabitants throughout the 20th century.

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José Luis Perales nació en 1945 en Castejón (Cuenca). Después de más de cuarenta años escribiendo pequeñas historias con música, tanto para él como para otros muchos artistas, en 2015 publicó su primera novela, La melodía del tiempo (Plaza & Janés). La hija del alfarero es su segunda incursión literaria.

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