La Sombra del Cipres es Alargada

by Miguel Delibes

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About the author

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.
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.

Reviews

[Eduardo Pérez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delibes te tiene que gustar. Creo que no había leído tantos adjetivos juntos en mi vida, así como adverbios (vuelvo a leer “inopinadamente” una vez más y pufff).

Me ha gustado mucho. Creo que es un libro que hay que leer conforme te haces mayor y empiezas a darte cuenta que la muerte es algo, por desgracia, cotidiano.

Le he quitado una estrella porque a menudo las descripciones se hacen demasiado largas y el protagonista tiene una colleja bastante interesante.