by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce · Castalia Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788470390920
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«Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda» is the Byzantine novel by Miguel de Cervantes, published by Castalia Ediciones in paperback (484 pages).
Published posthumously in 1617, it is Cervantes's last novel. Persiles and Sigismunda, two enamoured princes, travel through distant and dangerous northern lands. The characters are universal symbols: Persiles and Sigismunda embody Christian love, Rosamunda lasciviousness, Clodio slander.
Edition, introduction and notes by Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce. Volume 12 of the Clásicos Castalia collection. The work is subtitled 'Historia septentrional'.
For readers of classic fiction and Spanish Golden Age literature; its critical apparatus also makes it suitable for academic use.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work considered to be the first modern novel. Don Quixote has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best book of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature".
