This unclassifiable and beautiful book tells the experience of the Irish emigrants of the second half of the 20th century in England. An exodus that had never before been described with as much lyricism as in this novel. Evocative both for his words and for his images, he tells the story of the journey of a man from the west of Ireland to the fields, to the boxing barracks, to the works of England. Until, later, at the end of the century he finds himself alone, with his memories and strives to find meaning in a life of distance, loss and loneliness. Very laureate, since its appearance - as witnessed by the film I Could Read The Sky, or the song by Mark Knopfler Mighty Man, both based on the book - this is the first time that it has been published in Spanish, with a translation by Enrique Alda and a prologue by John Berger.