by José Luis Sampedro · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401427312
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«Real Sitio» is the historical novel by José Luis Sampedro, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback, with 588 pages and text in Spanish.
The action is set in Aranjuez at two moments of social transformation: the reign of Charles IV and the year 1930, before the Second Republic. A royal usher, don Alonso, falls in love in his old age, while the librarian Marta encounters the working-class world and becomes involved in politics. Janos, guardian of the palace, serves as a link between the two periods.
Real Sitio is the third instalment of the series Los círculos del tiempo by José Luis Sampedro, published in the Ave Fénix collection.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary Spanish narrative, with an interest in plots with a social 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.
