by Mika Waltari · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439704096
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«Juan el peregrino» is the historical novel by Mika Waltari, published by Mondadori in paperback, with 478 pages in Spanish.
The novel follows Juan, a man without a past or name who feels only passion for knowledge. After receiving a name from a courtesan, he serves Nicholas of Cusa in the disputes of the Council of Basel. His travels take him through decadent Constantinople, Ferrara, and Florence, amid spiritual dilemmas and historical figures of the 15th century.
Translation by Pirkko Merja and Ramón Garriga Marqués. It belongs to the Johannes Angelos series.
For readers of historical fiction and Nordic classics: a dense, reflective novel focused on moral and spiritual dilemmas.
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. He was extremely productive; Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.
