The Rats

Name: The Rats
Author: Miguel Delibes

by Miguel Delibes

Spanish naturalist novella depicting the urban plague of a city overrun by rats

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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.

More by Miguel Delibes

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