That travel books can become karat literature is beyond doubt. So they can attest Javier Reverte or own Julio Llamazares, whose projects of chroniclers, boarded the metaphorical train that leads them to discovery, idiosyncrasy and customs, intrahistory or gastronomy become complete literary exercises. Because the ability of the writer to rediscover or re-describe places offers greater enjoyment as a travel guide, either to undertake real routes or to move from the usual reading corner, quietly from home.
The case of Julio Llamazares, in his version of a travel writer, becomes a cultural proposal from the great nerve centers of so many Spanish cities such as the Cathedrals.
It has been more than a decade since the author thought of The Stone Roses, with guided visits to many cities in the north of the peninsula, with special interest in all kinds of social, moral and political contexts, adorned with the narrative splendor of legends and myths. .
An arduous task for a writer dedicated to the enjoyment and narration of all those singularities under the pinnacles that point to the sky in search of spirituality and moral shelter.
With this new book: Las Rosas del Sur, which takes up the original idea more than 10 years later, Llamazares has managed to trace the most complete travel route in all of Spain around its Cathedrals. From Madrid to the south, including the archipelagos, we can enjoy a journey with a stop and a inn in wonderful places of our geography, filling ourselves with wisdom and popular knowledge, in that delicious balance that only writers dedicated to the cause of praising the travel books, they can get.
You can now buy the book Las Rosas del Sur, the new travel book by Julio Llamazares, here: