by Miguel Delibes · Destino Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423310289
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«La sombra del ciprés es alargada» is the novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Destino Ediciones in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Pedro, an orphan who grows up in Ávila under the tutelage of don Mateo, a teacher who instills in him a pessimistic view of life: to be happy, one must avoid affection and emotions. As the years pass, the protagonist tries to free himself from that upbringing while the fear of death and loneliness mark his path.
Nadal Prize 1947. First novel by Miguel Delibes, published in the Destinolibro collection (number 73).
For readers of classics of twentieth-century Spanish literature and of coming-of-age and introspective novels about loneliness and death.
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.
