by Jesús Fernández Santos · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432230295
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«Extramuros» is the historical novel by Jesús Fernández Santos, published by Seix Barral in paperback (253 pages, in Spanish).
In an impoverished convent in Spain after the death of Philip II, two nuns live a passionate relationship marked by repressed desire and religious fervour. The narrative pits their characters against each other in a climate of hardship and devotion, told with an expressive tension that sustains the reading.
«Extramuros» won the National Literature Prize in 1979. The novel was adapted for film by Miguel Picazo, with Aurora Bautista, Carmen Maura, Mercedes Sampietro and Assumpta Serna.
For readers of historical fiction and twentieth-century Spanish narrative, interested in convent-set plots and mystical tension.
Jesús Fernández Santos was a Spanish novelist, short story writer, film critic, film director and documentarist.
