Resumen
La aldea perdida (The Lost Village) is one of Armando Palacio Valdés’s most famous novels, set in the mountainous and rural region of Asturias, northern Spain.
It tells the story of a traditional village slowly being transformed—and ultimately threatened—by the rise of industrialization and mining in the early 20th century.
The novel centers around Eusebio, a humble peasant, and the people of his remote village.
Their way of life—marked by simplicity, faith, and a close connection to the land—faces disruption as progress brings machines, capitalism, and moral decay.
Through a deeply nostalgic and often elegiac tone, Palacio Valdés laments the loss of an old, noble Spain to modern materialism.