El comediante Fonseca

Escrito por Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Narrado por Rafael Baena Zapatero

El comediante Fonseca es la emocionante historia de los cómicos errantes que viajaban por todo el continente americano, desde la frontera de Texas hasta el Estrecho de Magallanes a principios del Siglo XX, en la época en la que el cinematógrafo y los ferrocarriles lo cambiaron todo. Es también la historia de los españoles que aún recorrían el continente americano siguiendo los viejos caminos, cuando las repúblicas eran aun jóvenes, como embajadores de una cultura compartida. Y es, sobre todo, la vida ficticia de un comediante que podría ser tantos comediantes reales, narrada con la maestría de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Una historia entrañable y divertida. Una mirada a un mundo que ya no existe poblada por personajes interesantes que nos resultan cercanos pese a todo.

Diseño de portada: David Rubiales Suárez.

El comediante Fonseca is the exciting story of the wandering comedians who travelled across the American continent, from the Texas border to the Strait of Magellan at the beginning of the 20th century, at a time when the cinematograph and the railways changed everything. It is also the story of the Spaniards who still travelled the American continent following the old paths, when the republics were still young, as ambassadors of a shared culture. And it is, above all, the fictional life of a comedian who could be so many real comedians, narrated with the mastery of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. An endearing and amusing story. A look at a world that no longer exists, populated by interesting characters who are close to us.

Cover art design: David Rubiales Suárez.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Encrucijada Editorial, S.L.U.
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 16 nov 2023
• ISBN: 9798868766329

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and political activist. Born in Valencia, he studied law at university, graduating in 1888. As a young man, he founded the newspaper El Pueblo and gained a reputation as a militant Republican. After a series of court cases over his controversial publication, he was arrested in 1896 and spent several months in prison. A staunch opponent of the Spanish monarchy, he worked as a proofreader for Filipino nationalist José Rizal’s groundbreaking novel Noli Me Tangere (1887). Blasco Ibáñez’s first novel, The Black Spider (1892), was a pointed critique of the Jesuit order and its influence on Spanish life, but his first major work, Airs and Graces (1894), came two years later. For the next decade, his novels showed the influence of Émile Zola and other leading naturalist writers, whose attention to environment and social conditions produced work that explored the struggles of working-class individuals. His late career, characterized by romance and adventure, proved more successful by far. Blood and Sand (1908), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916), and Mare Nostrum (1918) were all adapted into successful feature length films by such directors as Fred Niblo and Rex Ingram.