The 8 best books by Fernando Sánchez Dragó

Fernando Sanchez Drago is a Spanish writer and journalist who received a doctorate in Romance Philology from the University of Madrid.

After receiving his doctorate, he became a professor at the Instituto Cervantes and later a professor of literature, language and history in several countries: Japan, Senegal or Morocco; tasks that combined narrative and poetry and his work as a correspondent for several national newspapers. His concern for political issues led him to be an activist, which led to his imprisonment by the Francoist authorities and, later, his exile

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The most outstanding books by Sánchez Dragó

Back in Spain, he participated in several television programs, which led him to win the Ondas award. Besides, He has been a prominent author of editorial works on different topics, for example, spirituality, the development of consciousness, wisdom, religions or literature; and throughout his career, he has received other prestigious awards, including the prestigious Premio Planeta.

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Below you can find a list of his best books, along with an explanation of each title. If you dare to get to know any of the following works by Fernando Sánchez Dragó up close, You can access Amazon in the links that we provide and comfortably order the book that most convinces you.

1. the path of the heart

The theme of this book is strongly autobiographical.. It is about a man who decides to undertake a trip to the East in search of wisdom, spirituality, the encounter with oneself and the happiness that in the western world is not capable of find. He leaves behind the woman with whom he has lived great experiences and illusions, but her idea is to meet her again after a while. Meanwhile, he sends her letters and tells her how his journey is progressing.

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2. Parallel Deaths

Parallel Deaths is another autobiographical text by Sánchez Dragó. It is a book that narrates the last days of his father's life, the journalist Fernando Sánchez Monreal, assassinated by the "nationals" during the civil war. Now, this text deals with other murders committed by both sides, for example, Federico García Lorca or José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Spanish Falange. A highly recommended historical text.

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3. Gargoris and Habidis

This work, originally published in 1978 and edited by Grupo Planeta is considered a literary explosion and philosophical transgression which tells the story of post-Franco Spain in a single volume. It is a peculiar text like few others, original, poetic, inspiring, unconventional and somewhat controversial, in which the author makes clear his political views.

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4. The Left Hand Path

The Left Hand Path It is an essay and philosophical text, which was published in 2002. In this play the ideas of Sánchez Dragó are summarized and his philosophy is synthesized in the form of commandments, usually with his explanation. His thoughts are reflected with a transgressive, liberating and opposed to modernity touch, with rather Eastern and spiritual overtones than Western ones. A speech that invites ethics and wisdom.

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5. The Maze Test

This work was recognized with the Premio Planeta in 1992 and, without a doubt, it is worth reading.. It is a beautiful story that tells the exploits of a Spanish detective in his fifties. In its pages are all the ingredients of a novel in the purest Indiana Jones style: mystery, tension, adventures, uncertainty, ambushes, traitors, exoticism, tyrants, political struggles and religious. An unforgettable work.

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6. Seated in the Merry Popa

Seated in the Merry Popa is part of his tetralogy "La Dragontea", which he began with diary of a warrior (1992), On Shiva's wire (1997), and the road to ithaca (1998). Definitely, éThis is the freshest text in the collection, and a large part of his life is collected in the four volumes of La Dragontea, especially the latter.

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7. Magical History of the Camino de Santiago

The Camino de Santiago is a well-known route in Spain, since it is traveled by pilgrims from all over the world to Arrive in the city of Santiago de Compostela (in Galicia), where the relics of the Apostle Santiago the Elderly. An extraordinary book in which Sánchez Dragó creates a story from the beginning of the Camino de Santiago and catches the reader throughout its wonderful and fantastic journey. I have never done the Camino de Santiago, but if one day I do I will take this book with me.

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8. Soseki: Immortal and Tiger

That Fernando Sánchez Dragó has written a novel about the adventures of a cat may be shocking at first, especially after the texts to which we were accustomed. However, this work will not disappoint the reader, who will find in it a perhaps different style, but full of talent. The text is written in honor of a cat that barely lived with the writer for a couple of years, but Soseki had to have something for him to have dedicated a work to him.

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