by Miguel Delibes · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422614722
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«La sombra del ciprés es alargada» is the Spanish novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (367 pages, in Spanish).
«La sombra del ciprés es alargada» follows Pedro, an orphan who grows up surrounded by death and solitude; through his relationships and experiences, the novel explores the meaning of life and the inevitability of the end, with friendship, love, loss and identity as its axes.
This 1982 edition belongs to the Lauro collection; the novel was originally published in 1947.
For readers interested in twentieth-century Spanish narrative and the work of Miguel Delibes.
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.
