In 1955, while living in Mallorca with the American poet Ruth Fainlight, whom he married in 1959, and in contact with the poet Robert Graves, Sillitoe started work on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, which was published in 1958.
En 1955, mentres vivía en Mallorca coa súa compañeira, a poeta americana Ruth Fainlight, e en contacto co poeta Robert Graves, Sillitoe empezou a traballar en Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, que se publicou en 1958.