by Miguel Delibes · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420612331
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«La Mortaja» is a collection of nine short stories by Miguel Delibes, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (179 pages, in Spanish).
Written between 1948 and 1963, these stories combine realism and lyricism, set against the Castilian countryside and provincial life. They include interior monologue, costumbrismo, the supernatural and popular language; the title story concentrates the constants of Delibes's work: nature, death, childhood and fellow man.
The volume belongs to Alianza Editorial's El Libro de Bolsillo; La partida and Viejas historias de Castilla la Vieja also appeared in that same collection.
An ideal starting point for those who want to discover Delibes through short fiction and twentieth-century Spanish literature.
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.
