← Miguel DelibesFive Hours with Marioby Miguel DelibesInterior monologue of woman mourning her late husband after decades of marriageFind on Amazon↗About the authorMiguel DelibesSpanish 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.More by Miguel DelibesThe PathSpanish novel centered on a boy's relationship with nature and the rural landscape→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→