by Miguel Delibes · RBA: NARRATIVA ACTUAL · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447300365
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«Madera de héroe» is the novel by Miguel Delibes, published by RBA in hardcover, with 286 pages, in Spanish.
Gervasio grows up convinced, under his grandfather's influence, that heroism and patriotism are the supreme ideals, and he is fascinated by uniforms and military music. When the Civil War breaks out, Gervasio's certainties shatter: his father deserts and opposes the rebels, while his uncle fights in their ranks.
1993 edition published in Barcelona in the RBA collection Narrativa Actual (no. 37). Winner of the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona in 1987.
Recommended for teenagers aged 14 and over, students of Spanish, and readers interested in the Spanish Civil War.
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.
