by Juan Manuel · ESPASA-CALPE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467017700
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«El Conde Lucanor» is the medieval classic by don Juan Manuel, published by Espasa-Calpe in paperback (125 pages, in Spanish).
A prose work of Castilian literature written in 1335, divided into four parts. The first, the best known, brings together fifty short tales of very diverse origins, from Aesop to popular Arab tales, in which Patronio advises Count Lucanor with examples full of lessons.
The edition belongs to the Biblioteca de Juventud collection and appears with the subtitle «libro que escribió el muy noble señor Don Juan Manuel».
For readers who want to approach a fundamental title of medieval Spanish literature in an affordable edition.
Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
