by Miguel Delibes · Planeta Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423337552
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«El Hereje» is the historical novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Planeta Publishing in paperback (497 pages, in Spanish).
Set in sixteenth-century Valladolid, it tells the life of Cipriano Salcedo, a merchant who, amid the religious turmoil of Charles V's reign, comes into contact with the Protestant currents beginning to spread clandestinely across the Peninsula. The novel follows his life and spiritual adventures, portrays the city and its people, and reflects on human relationships, tolerance, and freedom of conscience.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Miguel Delibes collection, where it appears as volume 2. The work won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa.
Recommended for readers of Spanish historical fiction and for those who want to approach the work of one of the great novelists of the twentieth century.
Miguel Delibes Setién was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied letter "e" seat. Educated in commerce, he began his career as a cartoonist and columnist. He later became the editor for the regional newspaper El Norte de Castilla before gradually devoting himself exclusively to writing novels.
