by Miguel Delibes · Editorial Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432071485
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«Los santos inocentes» is the novel by Miguel Delibes published in 1981 by Editorial Planeta in paperback (175 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows a family of Extremaduran peasants subjected to poverty and the power of landowners; with it Delibes composes an allegory of a society divided between oppressors and the oppressed. It is also a reflection on human dignity, social inequality, and humanity's relationship with nature.
Planeta's Narrativa collection, number 48.
A classic of twentieth-century Spanish fiction, for readers interested in rural Spain and social injustice.
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.
