El camino (Coleccion Destinolibro) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Miguel Delibes (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 8423310353 | ISBN-13: 978-8423310357 | Publication Date: January 1, 1998 | Edition: 34. ed.

Daniel el Mochuelo intuye a sus once años que su camino está en la aldea, junto a sus amigos, sus gentes y sus pájaros. Pero su padre quiere que vaya a la ciudad a estudiar el Bachillerato. A lo largo de la noche que precede a la partida, Daniel, insomne, con un nudo en la garganta, evocará sus correrías con sus amigos Roque el Moñigo y Germán el Tiñoso a través de los campos descubriendo el cielo y la tierra, y revivirá las andanzas de la gente sencilla de la aldea. La simpatía humana con que esa mirada infantil nos introduce en el pueblo, haciéndonos conocer toda una impresionante galería de tipos y la fuerza con que a través de rasgos frecuentemente caricaturescos se nos presentan siempre netos y vivos es uno de los mayores aciertos de esta novela. Feliz evocación de un tiempo cuyo encanto y fascinación advertimos cuando ya se nos ha escapado entre los dedos, El camino es, por su amalgama de nitidez realista, humor sutil, nostalgia contenida e irisación poética no sólo una de las mejores novelas de Miguel Delibes, sino también, como señalaba la crítica, «una de las obras maestras de la narrativa contemporánea».

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About the Author

Miguel Delibes se dio a conocer como novelista con La sombra del ciprés es alargada, premio Nadal 1947. Entre su vasta obra narrativa destacan Mi idolatrado hijo Sisí, El camino, Las ratas, Cinco horas con Mario, Las guerras de nuestros antepasados, El disputado voto del Sr. Cayo, Los santos inocentes o Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris. Ha sido galardonado con el Premio Nacional de Literatura (1955), el Premio de la Crítica (1962), el Premio Nacional de las Letras (1991) y el Premio Cervantes de Literatura (1993). Desde 1973 es miembro de la Real Academia Española. Ediciones Destino está llevando a cabo la publicación de sus Obras completas. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Destino; 34. ed. edition (January 1, 1998)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8423310353
• ISBN-13: 978-8423310357
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,093,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars El Camino, a road for all., June 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: El camino (Coleccion Destinolibro) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I am an American student of Spanish and have been for many years. If I could shake people, Americans and others, to wake up to truly great literature I would start with Miguel Delibes because he deals with life at its irreducible beginings, a small town, a little boy and his relationships. There are no props, no embellishments only life in its atomic state.

We don't have the verbosity of Marquez as magnificent as it is. Instead we have a Spanish Checkov who tells a story simply yet oh so powerfully.

The atomic structure yields particles when we use our imaginative accelerator to split the center. The tracings yield all kinds of meaning and significance. It is a true test of the reader to come to grips with her-himself and see if you can carry the ball that Delibes has passed to you.

I recommend that you read "La Mortaja with this book. It is a short novel and even more condensed yet just as satiffying as "El Camino."

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A warm and charming tale of growing up in Spain., April 1, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: El camino (Coleccion Destinolibro) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

El Camino is the story of a young boy growing up in rural Spain. As chapter one begins, Daniel is spending his last night at home before leaving for boarding school in the city. Unable to sleep, he tosses and turns in his bed. From the bottom of his 11-year-old heart he wishes that life were not taking this path, this 'camino'. He understands his father's desire to make something of his only son, but as far as Daniel is concerned, he would rather stay in his home town. The following chapters are Daniel's reminiscences of his childhood. We meet his two best friends, Roque and German, and join in their escapades. We see the colorful characters of Daniel's little village: the priest, "who was a great saint"; the old maid sisters; the batchelor school master; the blacksmith; the rich and beautiful young woman who captures Daniel's heart; and the freckle-faced Mariuca, who follows him around, hoping to be his friend. The book is a charming look at life in rural Spain as well as a look at life itself. Filled with philosophical insight, humor and wisdom, El Camino is a book to read over and over again. Written in an eloquent but not-too-difficult Spanish, this book is a treasure

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mark Twain meets 20th century Spain in this lovely novel, January 25, 1999

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This review is from: El camino (Coleccion Destinolibro) (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

If I could give this book seven stars, I would. Its small town romanticism reminds one of the Missouri of Mark Twain, with all the colorful inhabitants of a rural, agricultural community. El Camino is filled with the innocence of its 11 year old protagonist, and the painful loss of that innocence, so achingly felt by all in post-civil war Spain. A wonderful book by any speaker or student of Spanish. If this ever gets translated to English, LET ME KNOW!!!