In the summer of 2000, El Periòdic d’Ontinyent, a local newspaper for which I drew weekly comic strips, commissioned me to write a short story centred on the town, addressing current issues of the day. The story ran over seven pages, published weekly in the summer issues.
The story was based on the text of the short story Eva y Adán, by Camilo José Cela, included in his work Gavilla de fábulas sin amor, which stated the following: “In the Earthly Paradise (which, according to the learned study of the presbyter Don Vicente Martínez Chiva, alias Vicentico, lay somewhere near Onteniente), everything was wealth, well-being and abundance.”