by Prosper Mérimée · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437608112
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«Carmen» is the short novel by French writer Prosper Mérimée, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (272 pages, in Spanish).
Carmen, a free and passionate gypsy, and José, a soldier fascinated by her, cross paths in nineteenth-century Spain. Their relationship becomes a whirlwind of passion, jealousy and destiny, set against the Andalusia that captivated Mérimée. The protagonist embodies the myth of the femme fatale, which would later have enormous repercussions in literature, music and painting.
It belongs to the Letras Universales collection (no. 111), edited by Luis López Jiménez and Luis-Eduardo López Esteve. It is the third edition from Cátedra. The original work was published in 1845.
For readers of classic fiction and nineteenth-century French literature, and for those drawn to the myth of Carmen and its later versions.
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn, arranging for their preservation. He was instrumental in the creation of Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris, where the tapestries now are displayed. The official database of French monuments, the Base Mérimée, bears his name.
