by Miguel Delibes · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408026372
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«Los santos inocentes» is the novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Booket in paperback (177 pages, in Spanish).
Set in rural Spain in the 1960s, it tells the story of a humble family who work on an estate and depend on the whims of the young master Iván, a landowner fond of hunting. Amid the farm chores and small routines, Azarías, Régula, Paco and young Nieves embody submission, poverty and the struggle to preserve dignity in the face of injustice.
Originally published in 1981. This edition belongs to the Booket Oro collection and its cover indicates that the novel gave rise to a Spanish movie.
For readers of Spanish fiction seeking a novel with social depth, as well as for those familiar with the film adaptation of this work.
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.
