Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2013
Introducing Cuadernos de todo
Cuadernos de todo (2002) is a compilation of the notebooks or diaries Carmen Martín Gaite began in 1961, when her daughter Marta gave her a notebook on her birthday with the title ‘Cuaderno de todo’ written on the first page, and which, according to the author, gave her the freedom to write ‘todo lo que quepa’. The author recounts the story of the gift in one of the prologues to El cuento de nunca acabar (1983):
Mi hija, que tenía entonces cinco y medio, me pidió un duro porque quería hacerme un regalo, y yo, desde la terraza de casa, la vi bajar a saltitos las escaleras de una calle por donde no pasan coches y donde a veces la dejábamos salir a jugar con otros chicos del barrio. Había una papelería allí cerca y en seguida la vi volver muy ufana con el cuaderno nuevo en la mano. Era – y es, porque lo tengo aquí delante – un bloc de anillas cuadriculado, con las tapas color garbanzo, y en el extremo inferior derecha la marca, Lecsa, entre dos estrellitas, encima del numero 1.050, todo en dorado. Cuando me lo dio, me gustó mucho ver que había añadido ella un detalle personal al regalo. En la primera hoja había escrito mi nombre a lápiz con sus minúsculas desiguales de entonces, y debajo estas tres palabras: ‘Cuaderno de todo.’
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