by José Luis Sampedro · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484504757
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«La vieja sirena» is the historical novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by Debolsillo in paperback (725 pages, in Spanish).
In third-century Alexandria, the navigator Ahram buys an enigmatic young woman named Irenia at the slave market, and an intense love story is born between them. The philosopher Krito senses that the girl hides a mystery that could carry that passion beyond death.
First instalment of the series «Los círculos del tiempo»; the novel was originally published in 1990, and this Debolsillo paperback edition is from 2001.
For readers of historical and fantasy fiction with an interest in late antiquity and love plots with a philosophical backdrop.
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.
