Xope of Lilaina pretends to be something more than a collection of stories of the oral tradition disguised by the introduction of the literary resource of an imaginary writer, M. Castro d'Anllóns, who conceals the true author. In this regard, it is believed that this work masters memory, recovered by elements of oral culture in its fantastic, of biographical scattered features and of a landscape in the distance, necessary scene, and a nostalgic burden that a certain irony, obviously sometimes more hidden in other occasions, is unable to disguise completely.

Reading these stories refers us to an indefinite period beyond any time frame, which reaches us, old and expressive, from the back of dark kitchens or via friendly conversation in a study, where the illustrated reference to books occupies a principal place.

In the distance, as it was said, there is a river and wooded country, old humid land packed with rushes drawn by the wind on the canvas of history and that somehow sums up the true and imprecise figure of M. Castro d'Anllóns.