Author: Santiago Roncagliolo
- Fiction
- Alfaguara 
- ISBN: 978-8420467306
- Release Date: 01-01-1970
-Reviewed by: Salvador Vergara

One of the most dazzling novels to appear in the world of Spanish literature in recent years, Modesty concerns itself with intimacy and with desires and fears that we dare not say aloud. In this novel, Roncagliolo provides us with a sharp, yet also tender, look on family relations.