by Jesús Fernández Santos · Editorial Argos Vergara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470175855
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«Extramuros» is the historical novel by Jesús Fernández Santos, published in 1978 by Editorial Argos Vergara in paperback (252 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Spain in the late 16th century, it depicts life in a convent ravaged by hunger, disease, and loss of devotees. Two nuns devise a false miracle to attract alms and restore the convent's dignity, while the story explores faith, sexual repression, and the tension between two opposing characters.
First edition, in the collection «En cuarto mayor» (no. 120). Winner of the Premio Nacional de Literatura.
For readers of Spanish fiction interested in period dramas set in the monastic world and in psychological tension between characters.
Jesús Fernández Santos was a Spanish novelist, short story writer, film critic, film director and documentarist.
