by Luis Mateo Díez · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420470306
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«La gloria de los niños» is the novel by Luis Mateo Díez, published by Alfaguara in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
A postwar child marked by orphanhood and survival receives from his dying father the task of finding his brothers. The novel weaves that adventure with echoes of folk tale, neorealist and picaresque resonances, and a blend of tenderness and humor that portrays helpless childhood.
It belongs to Alfaguara's Hispánica collection and was published on September 24, 2007. The author received the Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas in 2020.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and stories about childhood, memory, and the postwar period.
Luis Mateo Díez Rodríguez is a Spanish writer. He has written widely in a variety of genres, and has published over 50 books to date. He is best known for his works that focus on the fictional Kingdom of Celama. Two of his novels have won both the Premio de la Crítica and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa - La fuente de la edad in 1986, and La ruina del cielo in 2000. Díez also won the National Prize for Spanish Literature in 2020.
