El tesoro del convento caído

This story begins like a fairy tale: more than seventy years ago, in another time and, certainly, another world. In a village near a rugged mountain, amidst the ruins of a convent consumed by centuries of age and ivy, a bright boy accompanies his mother to sow rows of beans. There, young José María learns the first of a series of lessons that will stay with him throughout his life: you reap what you sow. And he, José María Pérez, driven by boundless enthusiasm and a Homeric work ethic, continues to be a tireless sower. In this book, with his characteristic style—good-humored and wise, with a touch of fantasy and a great deal of humor—young José María, but also the great Peridis, takes a look back at his life, beginning with his rural childhood in the Palencia mountains during the post-war period. Above all, it pays tribute to all those people who helped and allowed themselves to be helped, who changed their lives while participating in the restoration of monuments and regions, but also of an entire country that for the first time in its history looked to the future with hope…