by José Luis Sampedro · DEBOLSILLO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788497931953
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«Monte Sinaí» is the autobiographical novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by Debolsillo in paperback (96 pages, in Spanish).
Sampedro recalls the time he spent in a New York hospital due to a heart condition. With poetic prose and measured melancholy, he reflects on human fragility and the proximity of death, without renouncing an optimistic tone, and hints at the vicissitudes of his most recent life.
It belongs to the Contemporánea collection from Debolsillo, in its third edition. José Luis Sampedro (Barcelona, 1917-2013) was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy and winner of the National Prize for Literature.
A brief and reflective read for those seeking autobiographical narrative in Spanish and wanting to approach the figure of José Luis Sampedro from a life experience.
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.
