by Miguel Delibes · Plaza & Janés Editores, 1981, Barcelona. Primera edición. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401371035
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«Europa: parada y fonda» is the travel book by Miguel Delibes, published by Plaza & Janés Editores in hardback (239 pages, in Spanish).
Delibes records his impressions of a journey through Italy, Portugal, Germany and France, with the attention of a curious observer rather than a hurried tourist. He alternates landscapes, people and customs with reflections on the historical and social changes of the Europe of his time, in a sober and elegant prose.
First edition from Plaza & Janés Editores, Barcelona, 1981. Includes a prologue by Ramón García Domínguez.
For readers of travel writing and contemporary Spanish literature, and for those wishing to discover Delibes's view of twentieth-century Europe.
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.
