by José Luis Sampedro · Destino · tapa dura · ISBN 9788423334056
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«La sonrisa etrusca» is the novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by Destino in hardback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Salvatore, a Calabrian peasant of stubborn character and traditional mentality, receives a diagnosis of leukaemia and must move to Milan for treatment. In the big city, his bond with his grandson opens him to a new way of understanding life, love and family, in a story that pits the rural world against the urban one.
It belongs to the Áncora y Delfín collection of Ediciones Destino (no. 947). The novel was originally published in 1985; this edition is from 2002.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and stories about old age and family.
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.
