This article focuses on Unamuno’s experience in the Canary Islands, from his stay in Las Palmas to his exile in Fuerteventura. These were crucial moments both for his life and for the production of his work Sombras de sueños. Starting from the letters the author wrote during his stay in the Canaries, the article deals with the spiritual bond that Unamuno established with the islands, which he saw as a different reality, far from the world and with a sense of isolation inherent in it.…