by Miguel Delibes · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420672519
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«Viejas historias de Castilla la Vieja» is Miguel Delibes's short story collection, published by Alianza in paperback (120 pages, in Spanish).
An emigrant returns to his village after a long absence and recalls life in a Castilian town at the start of the 20th century: stagnation, routine and poverty coexist with rootedness and community ties. The volume is completed with «La caza de la perdiz roja», a dialogue between an old partridge hunter and Delibes himself on hunting, where the precision and naturalness of the prose portray the rural landscape of the Meseta.
The work belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo – Literatura collection from Alianza Editorial. Originally published in 1964, this Spanish-language edition dates from 2004.
Recommended for readers interested in 20th-century Spanish narrative and the work of Miguel Delibes, with particular attention to rural life and the traditions of Castile.
Miguel Delibes Setién was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied letter "e" seat. Educated in commerce, he began his career as a cartoonist and columnist. He later became the editor for the regional newspaper El Norte de Castilla before gradually devoting himself exclusively to writing novels.
