by Miguel Delibes · Círculo de lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422629078
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«Cartas de amor de un sexagenario voluptuoso» is the epistolary novel by Miguel Delibes published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback, 221 pages, in Spanish.
The novel narrates the exchange of letters between Eugenio, a retired journalist, and a woman he only knows through correspondence. Delibes portrays with irony the loneliness, desire and self-complacency of the protagonist, and composes a bittersweet comedy about the distance between imagination and reality.
The Círculo de Lectores edition of «Cartas de amor de un sexagenario voluptuoso» belongs to the Joyas Literarias Ilustradas collection, with black-and-white illustrations by Julián Grau Santos.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction who appreciate psychological portraiture and the humour of Miguel Delibes.
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.
