by Miguel Delibes · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423325115
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«El camino» is the novel by Miguel Delibes, published by Destino in paperback (221 pages, in Spanish).
Daniel, an eleven-year-old boy nicknamed El Mochuelo, lives in a village in rural post-war Spain. On the eve of his departure to the city to study for his baccalaureate, he reviews his adventures with his friends from the village and says goodbye to his childhood, in a story about friendship and the contrast between rural and urban life.
The novel was originally published in 1950. This 1995 edition belongs to the Clásicos Contemporáneos Comentados collection, with commentary by Marisa Sotelo.
Recommended for ages 14 and up, for those interested in 20th-century Spanish literature and in coming-of-age stories about childhood and rural life.
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.
