Sepulcro en Tarquinia

In 1975, *Sepulcro en Tarquinia* was published; it won the National Critics' Prize at the time and went on to leave a lasting mark on several generations of readers. It is a work that has stood the test of time, presented here alongside commentary from two distinguished Hispanists: Vicenç Beltran and Isabella Tomassetti. This new edition revives the work's essential qualities: its sensibility, expressed through bold, innovative language; its intensity, which has made it an emblematic book throughout its five-decade history; and, above all, its powerful symbolism—the interplay between culture and life—which elevates it far above anything trivial or clichéd. Furthermore, two worlds contend within its pages: that of classical Italy, with its primal, earth-bound origins, and that of the author’s own vital roots. It was a challenging undertaking, but the result is superb. Indeed, one of the first critics to discuss the work, Professor Valbuena Prat, hailed it in his *History of Spanish Literature* as "a book of prodigious beauty."