Un año de mi vida

by Miguel Delibes

- Durante un año, en las páginas de la revista Destino , fueron apareciendo puntualmente cada semana, bajo el título de «Notas», las observaciones que a Miguel Delibes le iba sugiriendo la realidad cotidiana. Como dice él mismo, «el numeroso y estimulante epistolario que he recibido a lo largo de su publicación fragmentada me llevan a pensar que si, dispersas, fuero útiles en su día para unos, reunidas ahora en un solo volumen pueden resultar igualmente eficaces para otros». 
Rehuyendo la reiteración y lejos de cualquier forma de narcisismo literario, Delibes nos va dando la medida de su personalidad al consignar sus impresiones sobre todo cuanto pasa ante su retina de observador atento. 

222 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

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

[Isabel · Rating 5 out of 5]

qué puedo decir

[Laura Bergen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Poco voy a decir que no haya dicho ya de don Miguel. Que de él me leería hasta la lista de la compra. Que me encanta su autoironía. Que me conmueve su sensibilidad. Que me fascina su estilo. Que lo admiro, vaya, lo admiro muchísimo.

[Penelope Ausejo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesantísimo diario. Pequeñas notas diarias de 1970 a 1971. Me ha encantado.