Carmen Laforet — Spanish Author born on September 06, 1921, died on February 28, 2004

Carmen Laforet was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An important European writer, her works contributed to the school of Existentialist Literature and her first novel Nada continued the Spanish Tremendismo literary style begun by Camilo José Cela with his novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte... (wikipedia)

I write short, my words tight to the thread of the narrative.
It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.
When I left, I had learnt nothing. I took nothing with me. At least, that's what I thought then.
That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting.