by Miguel Delibes · Planeta DeAgostini · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439598398
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«El hereje» is the historical novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Planeta DeAgostini in hardback (504 pages, in Spanish).
Born in Valladolid in 1517, the year Luther challenges the Church, Cipriano Salcedo grows up motherless and lacking paternal affection; as a merchant, he approaches the clandestine Protestant circles persecuted by the Inquisition. Delibes portrays the Valladolid of Charles V and the human struggle for tolerance.
«El hereje» won the National Narrative Prize in 1999. The first edition dates from 1998; this hardback edition belongs to the Last Hits of Historical Fiction collection.
This novel is suitable for readers of historical fiction and Spanish narrative, with an interest in the reign of Charles V and sixteenth-century Spain.
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.
