by Don Juan Manuel · Editorial Castalia, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470390241
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«El conde Lucanor» is the book of moral tales by Don Juan Manuel, published by Editorial Castalia in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
A count poses various moral questions to his advisor Patronio and receives as a response a tale that contains a practical lesson. Don Juan Manuel combines Oriental, classical and Spanish traditions, and frames each example with the same beginning and ending scheme, giving the whole an architectural, almost altarpiece-like air.
This edition in modern Spanish by Enrique Moreno Báez belongs to the Odres Nuevos collection; the original title is Libro de los enxiemplos del Conde Lucanor et de Patronio.
Usual reading in secondary schools, suitable for literature students and for those beginning with medieval Castilian classics.
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.
