by Miguel Delibes · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423342365
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«La sombra del ciprés es alargada» is the novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Austral in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
The orphan Pedro grows up in Ávila under the tutelage of don Mateo, a preceptor who instills in him detachment and a fear of affection to avoid suffering. Years later, his youth and the bonds he forms clash with that learned pessimism, in a story about death, hope and the mark that education leaves on personality.
First novel by Miguel Delibes, winner of the Premio Nadal in 1947 and first title in the Contemporánea collection.
For readers of 20th-century Spanish fiction and classics of contemporary 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.
