by Jesús Fernández Santos · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432084577
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«Extramuros» is the historical novel by Jesús Fernández Santos, published by Planeta in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
In sixteenth-century Spain, shortly after the death of Philip II, two nuns live together in an impoverished convent. Amid religious routine, asceticism and mysticism, an intense relationship emerges that confronts both women with their own repressed sexuality and with a personality opposite to the other's.
Winner of the Premio Nacional de Literatura. This 1991 edition belongs to the Clásicos Universales collection. The novel was adapted into film, directed by Miguel Picazo.
For readers of contemporary and historical Spanish narrative, with an interest in convent life and the psychological conflicts of its protagonists.
Jesús Fernández Santos was a Spanish novelist, short story writer, film critic, film director and documentarist.
