by Miguel Delibes · Círculo de Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422621577
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«El príncipe destronado» is the novel by Miguel Delibes published by Círculo de Lectores in 1986, in paperback with 196 pages in Spanish.
Quico, a four-year-old boy, sees how his new sister Cris takes away the centre of family attention. Over the course of a day, the reader follows his games, fears and tantrums, and witnesses life in the house and the crisis of one who is no longer the king: the dethroned prince. Delibes portrays the childhood universe with humour and sensitivity.
Illustrated edition by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo. The novel was originally published in 1973; this Círculo de Lectores edition is from 1986.
A work of twentieth-century Spanish fiction, suitable for readers interested in contemporary classics and novels that portray childhood.
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.
