by José Luis Sampedro · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420483320
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«La sonrisa etrusca» is the novel by Spanish writer José Luis Sampedro, published by Alfaguara in paperback (347 pages, in Spanish).
An elderly peasant from Calabria travels to Milan for a medical check-up and temporarily stays at his son's home. There, his relationship with his grandson awakens an unexpected tenderness that reconciles him with life. The novel weaves together love, family and memory, and pits rural wisdom against the pace of the big city.
The work was originally published in 1985, and the current edition corresponds to the one published by Alfaguara in 1990.
For readers of contemporary fiction and Spanish-language novels interested in family relationships and the passage of time.
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.
