by Miguel Delibes · Ed. Círculo de Lectores. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422621584
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«Mi idolatrado hijo Sisí» is the moral satire novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (303 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Cecilio Rubes, a middle-aged bathtub manufacturer, selfish and superficial, who raises his son with the sole goal of making him happy and without imposing any discipline. Faced with the rigid upbringing of the Sendín family, his carefree attitude ultimately reveals the emptiness of his own existence.
1986 edition from Círculo de Lectores, with an introduction by Jaime Sáenz and illustrations by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and social drama interested in satire of manners.
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.
