by Miguel Delibes · Destino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423334780
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«El camino» is the novel by Spanish writer Miguel Delibes, published by Destino in paperback (219 pages, in Spanish).
Daniel el Mochuelo, an eleven-year-old boy, does not want to leave his village or his friends, although his father has prepared the way for him to go to the city to study for his baccalaureate. That last night, unable to sleep, he recalls his adventures with Roque el Moñigo and Germán el Tiñoso, the landscapes he has roamed and the simple folk who bring the village to life.
Originally published in 1950. It is part of the Destinolibro collection from Ediciones Destino, as its number 100.
For readers of twentieth-century Spanish fiction and for those seeking a story about childhood, rural memory and the transition to adult 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.
