by Miguel Delibes · Salvat. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434580077
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«La hoja roja» is the novel by Spanish writer Miguel Delibes, published by Salvat in paperback (189 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows don Eloy, a retiree who faces loneliness and the nearness of the end of his life. Through his routines and memories, Delibes portrays old age, loss, and the passage of time in a city that also changes. A sober portrait of memory and the human condition.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Básica Salvat collection, number 4, with a prologue by Francisco Umbral. This edition is from 1982.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and for those who enjoy portraits of everyday life, old age, and memory.
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.
