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Product Details:
Title: Diario de un Emigrante (Diary of an Emigrant)
Author: Miguel Delibes
Publisher: Ediciones Destino, S.L., Barcelona (Colección Áncora y Delfín, Vol. 148)
Publication Date: April 1958
Edition: First Edition, First Printing ("Primera edición: abril de 1958")
Language: Spanish
Format: Hardcover with original dust jacket
Tucked inside this volume is an exceptional piece of modern Spanish literary history: an authentic, fully handwritten and signed letter by Miguel Delibes himself, penned on his personal folding airmail stationery ("Miguel Delibes - Valladolid").
Date & Location: Postmarked July 16, 1964, from Sedano/Burgos, Spain.
Recipient: Addressed in Delibes' hand to James Abbott in Madrid.
Content: Written just prior to his departure to the United States to serve as a visiting professor at the University of Maryland in the Fall of 1964. In the letter, Delibes discusses his upcoming American tour, managing a flood of academic invitations, and mentions coordinating a potential future visit to Oklahoma.
Signature: Boldly signed "Miguel Delibes" at the conclusion.
Book Synopsis:
Diario de un Emigrante (1958) is one of Delibes’ most famous neorealist novels, continuing the story of his beloved character Lorenzo as he emigrates from Spain to Chile. It stands out as a masterpiece of social commentary and mid-century narrative.
Condition:
Dust Jacket: Present. Shows typical vintage wear, including toning/darkening along the spine, minor chipping at the top/bottom edges, and light surface rubbing. Protected inside a clear plastic sleeve.
Binding: Hardcover binding is firm, tight, and structurally sound.
Pages: Internally clean and crisp text block with uniform age-toning. No interior handwriting or markings aside from the separate laid-in letter.
Letter Condition: Excellent. Folds are crisp, ink is sharp and dark, and the Spanish postal stamps/cancellations remain completely intact.
