The book "Journey to the Alcarria"

In the words of Francisco García Marquina, biographer and friend of Camilo Jose Cela “the simplicity of Journey to the Alcarria is the result of a difficult exercise in formal refinement and its agreeableness opens a world of great lyrical depth. The purity in the use of the language have turned the book into a set text in many world universities and it helps us analyse both the Spanish language and the philosophy of rural Spain after the civil war. Cela has made the Alcarria famous, just like the maestro Joaquin Rodrigo did with Aranjuez, Leopoldo Alas “Clarin” with Ovidedo or Sorolla with the Mediterranean light. Like many foreigners who heard about Pamplona through Fiesta, many others arrive at Guadalajara asking about the Alcarria with a book by Cela under their arms”.