Diario de un jubilado / Diary of a Retired Man
Novel , 1995
Destino
Delibes completes the Lorenzo Trilogy, formed by the Diary of a Hunter and the Diary of an Emigrant. In this novel, the lovable protagonist spends his time accompanying Don Tadeo Piera, a mediocre provincial poet, harassed by his homosexuality and obsessed with winning the Nobel Prize. At the same time, Lorenzo and his wife, Anita, become compulsive, hopeful participants in television game shows, a symbol of Spanish society at the end of the 20th century.