by Miguel Delibes · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408094210
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«Los santos inocentes» is the contemporary fiction novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Austral in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
In rural Extremadura in the 1960s, the family of Paco, «el Bajo», serves on an estate in conditions of servitude. Paco is injured during the hunting season and the young master Iván demands he accompany him on the drives; the novel contrasts the cruelty of the privileged with the dignity of those who suffer injustice.
2001 edition in Austral's Contemporánea collection, Narrativa series. The work was originally published in 1981.
A classic of twentieth-century Spanish narrative for readers interested in social criticism and rural life.
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.
