by Rodrigo Royo · Sedmay Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788473801003
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«El sepulturero» is the novel by Rodrigo Royo, published in 1976 by Sedmay Ediciones in paperback (257 pages, in Spanish).
The novel focuses on the life of a gravedigger in Madrid and, through his trade, paints a portrait of the society of the time. Among tombs and burials, the protagonist confronts questions about freedom and dignity, motifs the cover underscores with headstones reading «La libertad» and «La dignidad».
Finalist for the Planeta Prize in 1975, this first edition of «El sepulturero» was published in Madrid.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction seeking a novel that was a Planeta Prize finalist and a social portrait of Madrid at the time.
