by José Luis Sampedro · Bibliotex, S.L. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788481302790
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«La sonrisa etrusca» is the novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by Bibliotex, S.L. in hardback (255 pages, in Spanish).
An elderly Calabrian peasant moves to Milan for a medical check-up and settles with his children. There he discovers an unexpected affection for his grandson, named Bruno just as his partisan comrades called the grandfather, and experiences a final love affair that illuminates his last years. The narrative addresses love, family and fulfilment in old age, delving into the knowledge of the human soul.
Volume 33 of the Millenium collection: The best novels in Spanish of the 20th century, within the El Mundo Library, with a prologue by Ángeles Caso.
For readers of 20th-century Spanish fiction and of moving stories about family, love and old age.
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.
