His book of short stories, Obabakoak ("Individuals and things of Obaba"), published in 1988 won him much fame and several prizes, such as Spain's National Literature Prize.
Njegova knjiga kratkih priča, Obabakoak ("pojedinci i stvari Obabe"), objavljena je 1988. godine, stekao mnogo slave i nekoliko nagrada, poput Španjolske Nacionalne nagradu za književnost.