by José Luis Sampedro · Métailié · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782864242475
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«Le Sourire étrusque» is the novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by Métailié in paperback (318 pages, in French).
Salvatore Roncone, an elderly Calabrian peasant, must leave his land to be treated in Milan for a cancer he calls «la Rusca». In the city he detests, he will find an unexpected love: his grandson Bruno, whom he did not know. The novel, with tenderness and humour, addresses old age, death and learning through the bond between grandfather and grandson.
This French edition, published in 1997, is a translation of the original Spanish novel «La sonrisa etrusca», published in 1985.
Suitable for readers of contemporary fiction interested in stories about family, old age and the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.
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.
