by Miguel Delibes · Ediciones Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423342563
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«Cinco horas con Mario» is the novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
Carmen keeps vigil over her husband Mario's corpse for one night. As she leafs through the Bible he used to underline, she begins an intimate, rambling monologue reviewing their years of marriage: mistakes, resentments, joys and misunderstandings. Through Carmen's limited mindset, the novel reveals Mario's figure and offers a critical portrait of Spanish society of its time.
2010 edition, number 6 in the Destino Clásicos collection, released on the occasion of Delibes's 90th anniversary.
For readers of classic novels and 20th-century Spanish fiction.
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.
