by Miguel Delibes · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437604633
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«La mortaja» is Miguel Delibes's short story collection published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback, with 208 pages and text in Spanish.
The volume brings together nine stories written between 1948 and 1963 in which some of Delibes's essential themes and devices are already apparent, such as the monologue of Cinco horas con Mario or the relationship with nature in Diario de un cazador. In few pages it provides a very complete view of his narrative universe.
Volume 199 of the Letras Hispánicas collection, edited by Gonzalo Sobejano. It is the eighth edition, published in 2006.
Recommended for readers of short stories and Spanish fiction, both for those new to Miguel Delibes and for those who already know his novels.
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.
