by Jesus Torbado · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408044895
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«El peregrino» is the historical novel by Jesús Torbado, published by Planeta in paperback (520 pages, in Spanish).
In the eleventh century, Martín de Châtillon, born in the year of the great plague and son of a washerwoman, is sent to Santiago de Compostela to atone for his village's sins and prevent a new epidemic. On the Camino, saints and sinners, rogues, prophets, prostitutes and heroes cross paths, amid the exaltation of life, the fear of death and deceit.
Winner of the Ateneo de Sevilla Prize in 1993. The original edition dates from that year; this paperback edition was published in 2002.
Will appeal to readers of historical fiction seeking a medieval setting around the Camino de Santiago.
Jesús Torbado was a Spanish writer, journalist and traveler. He was born in León and studied journalism in Madrid. He won the 1965 Premio Alfaguara for his novel Las corrupciones. In 1976, he won the Premio Planeta for En el día de hoy, an alternate history about the Spanish Civil War. In 1993, he won the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla for El peregrino.
