The Hedge. by Miguel Delibes - 1983.

New York, NY Columbia University Press, 1983. Hardcover First Edition USA. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: Book shows indications of very careful use: just a touch of wear to the lower rear corner tip; very faint foxing at the top edge and fainter and sparser at the fore-edge; else flawless; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows very little wear, but there is a short, closed tear and some roughing up at the the lower rear panel; a scratch at the middle of the front panel; else only mild rubbing; price has not been clipped; mylar-protected. No longer 'As New', but remains structurally sound and tightly bound: clean, sturdy and quite presentable in a flawed but intact DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 206pp. First Edition USA. The Spanish Text was published in 1969 as Parabola del naufrago (Literally, "Parable of a Shipwreck"). Translated by Frances M. Lopez-Morillas. (Twentieth-Century Continental Fiction). Winner of the Nadal Prize. Hardback with DJ. Jacinto, an office clerk, is sent to a company retreat after he collapses from exhaustion and gradually becomes cut off from the outside world. Miguel Delibes Setién (1920–2010) 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. As a connoisseur of the fauna and flora of his geographical region and someone passionate about hunting and the rural world, he could give form in his works to all matters relating to Castile and hunting from the perspective of an urban person who had not lost touch with that world. He was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, for which he was recognized through many awards. However, his influence extends even further, since several of his works have been adapted for the theatre or have been made into films, which won awards at competitions such as the Cannes Film Festival, and television shows. He was marked deeply by the death of his wife in 1974. In 1998 he was diagnosed with colon cancer, an illness from which he would never fully recover. As a result his literary career came almost entirely to a halt. He fell into apathy and became virtually isolated until his death in 2010.