by José Luis Sampedro · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420423364
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«La sonrisa etrusca» is the novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by Alfaguara in hardcover (320 pages, in Spanish).
An old Calabrian peasant goes to Milan for a medical check-up and, at his children's home, forms a special bond with his grandson Bruno; between memories of his partisan past and a late love, the novel explores tenderness, memory, and the search for fulfillment at the end of life.
The novel belongs to Alfaguara's Hispánica collection and originally appeared in 1985; the edition described here is from 2009.
For readers of contemporary fiction and stories about old age, family ties, and memory.
José Luis Sampedro Sáez was a Spanish economist and writer who advocated an economy "more humane, more caring, able to help develop the dignity of peoples". Academician of the Real Academia Española since 1990, he was the recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain, the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (2010) and the Spanish Literature National Prize (2011). He became an inspiration for the anti-austerity movement in Spain.
