by José Luis Sampedro · Ediciones Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423322572
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«El río que nos lleva» is the contemporary fiction novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by Ediciones Destino in paperback (410 pages, in Spanish).
Sampedro portrays the gancheros of the Alto Tajo, the men who floated thousands of pines downriver to Aranjuez. Joining the journey are Paula, a mysterious woman who stirs passions, and Shannon, an Irishman emerged from the European war. The novel rescues a vanished world and speaks of dignity, freedom, and coexistence with nature.
The novel was originally published in 1961 and is number 703 in the Áncora y Delfín collection of Ediciones Destino.
Recommended for readers of contemporary Spanish fiction.
José Luis Sampedro Sáez was a Spanish economist and writer who advocated an economy "more humane, more caring, able to help develop the dignity of peoples". Academician of the Real Academia Española since 1990, he was the recipient of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain, the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize (2010) and the Spanish Literature National Prize (2011). He became an inspiration for the anti-austerity movement in Spain.
