by Miguel Delibes · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423325276
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«Diario de un jubilado» is the novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Destino in paperback (213 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Lorenzo, a retired hunter who has taken to money and consumer society while conversing with his friend, the old poet don Tadeo Piera. Delibes combines criticism and tenderness to portray the passage of time and the changes in Spain at the end of the 20th century.
Ediciones Destino. Áncora y Delfín collection, no. 738; first edition in 1995.
For readers of Spanish fiction and for those who appreciate Delibes's ironic and humane view of retirement.
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.
