by José Luis Sampedro · RBA Coleccionables, Colección Narrativa Actual nº 16, 1993, Barcelona. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788447301607
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«El río que nos lleva» is the novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by RBA Coleccionables in paperback (284 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the Alto Tajo, it follows a group of raftsmen transporting logs along the river; the arrival of a woman in that hostile environment triggers a chain of events marked by suffering and violence. A movie of the same name, directed by Antonio del Real, was made from this novel.
This edition is no. 16 of the Narrativa Actual collection. The novel was originally published in 1961.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and rural stories with social portrayal.
José Luis Sampedro Sáez was a Spanish economist and writer who advocated an economy "more humane, more caring, able to help develop the dignity of peoples". Academician of the Real Academia Española since 1990, he was the recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain, the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (2010) and the Spanish Literature National Prize (2011). He became an inspiration for the anti-austerity movement in Spain.
