by Juan Perucho · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432088186
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«Las aventuras del caballero Kosmas» is the fantasy and humour novel by Juan Perucho, published by Planeta in hardback (216 pages, in Spanish).
Kosmas, a tax collector of the Byzantine Empire, travels through the Spain of the Third Council of Toledo, discovers the Costa Brava, converses with Saint Isidore and journeys to Byzantium in search of stolen happiness. Along the way, non-existent cities, mutant flowers, monsters, robots and the demon Arnulfo appear, in a fable of history, fantasy and humour.
Originally published in Catalan in 1981 as «Les aventures del cavaller Kosmas», it won the Ramon Llull, Crítica de Narrativa Catalana and Joan Crexells prizes; Spanish edition of 1986.
For readers of Spanish fiction seeking historical fables with fantasy and humour.
Joan Perucho Gutiérrez was a Spanish novelist, poet and art critic, an activity that alternated with his profession as a judge. His work, written in Catalan and Spanish mix with other traditional elements of avant-garde and science fiction that endow great originality. Natural Stories is his best known work.
