«An excellent novel, with perfect doses of humor, nostalgia and tenderness.» M. Monmany, Diario 16
«An attractive blend of quixotic adventure and coming-of-age story, of picaresque chronicle and on-the-road adventure.» I. Echevarría, El País
France: Gallimard; Germany: Hoffmann und Campe; Hungary: Patak Konyvek; Italy: Einaudi; Portugal: Teodolito
🎬 Film rights (two film versions): Fernando Trueba PC - Sogepaq / Director: Emilio Martínez-Lázaro / Screenplay by the author deserved Spanish Film Academy Award; Pann Européenne / Director: Manuel Poirier