by José María de Pereda · Espasa-Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423904143
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«Peñas arriba» is the novel by José María de Pereda, published by Espasa Calpe in paperback (263 pages, in Spanish).
Marcelo, a young man from Madrid accustomed to the big city, moves for family reasons to a mountain village near Reinosa. There he discovers rural life, its inhabitants and customs, and hesitates between staying or returning to Madrid. The novel contrasts the urban and the rural, and defends attachment to the land and traditional values.
It belongs to the Austral Collection (no. 414) and is the sixth edition of the work; it was originally published in 1895.
For readers of classic Spanish fiction and for those seeking a story about traditional life in the rural environment of the nineteenth century.
José María de Pereda y Sánchez de Porrúa was a Spanish novelist, and a Member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
