by Miguel Delibes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408049524
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«El camino» is the novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Destino in paperback and in Spanish.
Daniel, an eleven-year-old boy nicknamed «el Mochuelo», must leave his mountain village to go and study in the city. As he recalls his childhood and the people of the place, the novel portrays the loss of innocence, friendship and the clash between rural life and progress.
Originally published in 1950. Special edition for the Norte de Castilla, with a quote by Delibes about his childhood on the cover.
For readers interested in Spanish narrative and in stories about childhood, memory and the rural world.
Miguel Delibes Setién was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied letter "e" seat. Educated in commerce, he began his career as a cartoonist and columnist. He later became the editor for the regional newspaper El Norte de Castilla before gradually devoting himself exclusively to writing novels.
