Miguel Delibes
Spanish novelist and one of the most beloved figures in Spanish literature. His fiction explores rural Castile and the spiritual dimensions of everyday life with lyrical simplicity. The Path and Five Hours with Mario are his finest works.
Works
- The PathSpanish novel centered on a boy's relationship with nature and the rural landscape
- Five Hours with MarioInterior monologue of woman mourning her late husband after decades of marriage
- The HereticSpanish novel exploring religious conflict and moral questions in Franco-era society
- Smoke on the Ground
- The RatsSpanish naturalist novella depicting the urban plague of a city overrun by rats