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Con la Escopeta al Hombro
- «Con la escopeta al hombro» puede considerarse como una continuación o segunda parte de «El libro de la caza menor», aunque escrito con mayor desenfado y placer creativo, sin tanto método ensayístico. Así lo manifiesta el propio Delibes en el prólogo de esta obra cinegé «Para mí, escribir sobre asuntos de caza constituye, en cierto modo, una liberación de los condicionamientos que rigen el resto de mi actividad literaria. Si cazando me siento libre, escribiendo sobre caza reproduzco fielmente aquella placentera sensación, torno a sentirme libre…». Las perdices, las codornices y las liebres vuelven a ser las auténticas protagonistas de estas páginas de las que se desprende el disfrute que el deporte cinegético suponía para Delibes, aunque realzado, si no superado, por el placer y disfrute de la naturaleza y de las maravillas del campo. Esta obra fue apareciendo por entregas (1969-1970) en el suplemento semanal de El Norte de Castilla.
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Published January 1, 1970
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Miguel Delibes
171 books621 followersMiguel 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.
He was a connoisseur of the flora and fauna of Castile and was passionate about hunting and the countryside. These were common themes in his writing, and he often wrote from the perspective of a city-dweller who remained connected with the rural world.
He was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, winning numerous literary prizes. Several of his works have been adapted into plays or have been turned into films, winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival among others. He has been ranked with Heinrich Böll and Graham Greene as one of the most prominent Catholic writers of the second half of the twentieth century. He was deeply affected by the death of his wife in 1974. In 1998 he was diagnosed with colon cancer, from which he never fully recovered.
He was a connoisseur of the flora and fauna of Castile and was passionate about hunting and the countryside. These were common themes in his writing, and he often wrote from the perspective of a city-dweller who remained connected with the rural world.
He was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, winning numerous literary prizes. Several of his works have been adapted into plays or have been turned into films, winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival among others. He has been ranked with Heinrich Böll and Graham Greene as one of the most prominent Catholic writers of the second half of the twentieth century. He was deeply affected by the death of his wife in 1974. In 1998 he was diagnosed with colon cancer, from which he never fully recovered.
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September 12, 2018
Aún sin interesarme nada el tema de la caza, Delibes me vuelve a encandilar una vez más con su rica prosa. Se recogen una serie de reflexiones del autor entorno a este deporte que hacen ver su humanidad y su ecologismo. Delibes (casi) nunca defrauda.
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