by Pilar Tafur, Daniel Samper Pizano · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401335037
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«María del alma» is the biographical novel by Pilar Tafur and Daniel Samper Pizano, published by Plaza & Janés in hardback (277 pages, in Spanish).
A fictionalised account of the life of Agustín Lara: from his childhood, when at thirteen he played the piano in a brothel, to his success in cabarets, on the radio and in grand theatres. The voice of his secretary reveals his loves, his relationship with singer María Rosa Callejas and his marriage to María Félix, in a melodrama blending reality and fiction.
The volume, published in 2003, includes a CD with boleros performed by Chavela Vargas, Agustín Lara, João Gilberto, Toña «La Negra», Olimpo Cárdenas and Ovidio Hernández.
For readers interested in Mexican music, the bolero and fictionalised biographies of legendary figures such as Agustín Lara.
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Daniel Samper Pizano is a Colombian lawyer, journalist, and prolific writer.
