by José María de Pereda · Tantín. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496143869
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«El sabor de la tierruca» is the costumbrista novel by José María de Pereda, published by Tantín in paperback (314 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in Cumbrales, an imaginary village inspired by Polanco, and portrays with a close eye the customs, the people and the landscape of the tierruca. Pereda returns to the warm atmosphere of his land after the controversy of 'De tal palo, tal astilla', in a costumbrista novel written with affection for the everyday.
The novel was originally published in 1882. This 2007 edition, with introduction and notes by Anthony H. Clarke, opens with a prologue by Benito Pérez Galdós.
For readers interested in 19th-century Spanish costumbrista narrative and in the work of José María de Pereda.
José María de Pereda y Sánchez de Porrúa was a Spanish novelist, and a Member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
