by José María Merino · Santillana Educación, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420444956
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«Los mejores relatos españoles del siglo XX» is the anthology of short stories selected, introduced and annotated by José María Merino, published by Santillana Educación (Alfaguara) in paperback (216 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together a selection of literary short stories by seventeen twentieth-century Spanish authors, from Unamuno and Valle-Inclán to Martín Gaite and Benet. The volume offers a journey through contemporary short fiction as a genre, with texts that explore imagination and narrative invention. It includes authors such as Pío Baroja, Azorín, Rosa Chacel, Max Aub, Cela, Delibes, Carmen Laforet, Ana María Matute and Ignacio Aldecoa.
Paperback edition of 216 pages. The selection, introduction and notes are by José María Merino. Published by Santillana Educación, S.L. under the Alfaguara imprint, in its juvenile Red Series. It was reissued in the Alfaguara Juvenil collection.
For readers who want an overview of the twentieth-century Spanish short story and for students who need a classic for compulsory reading in high school.
José María Merino is a Spanish novelist born in A Coruña, Galicia on 5 March 1941. He is the father of two daughters, María and Ana, both of them university professors. He lived for several years in León and currently lives in Madrid. Best known for his novels and short stories, he is also a poet and a travel writer.
