Antonio Altaribba (Author) Antonio Altarriba, who was born in 1952, is a Spanish essayist, novelist, critic and short story writer, who began working in comics in the 1980s. He is currently a lecturer in French literature at the Universidad del Pais Vasco. Kim (Illustrator) Kim is a comics artist, best known for his humorous strip Martinez the Fascist in the satirical weekly El Jueves.
A tour de force...brilliant beyond belief. -- Raymond Briggs I’m not sure why it has taken so long to appear in English, but its timing couldn’t be better, for this is a book that reminds us that refugees once came from inside Europe as well as outside – and from the country in which many of us now sun ourselves every summer, to boot. It’s chastening, then, as well as moving. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *