by Félix de Azúa · Editorial Anagrama · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788433920775
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«Mansura» is the historical novel by Félix de Azúa, published by Editorial Anagrama in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
A novel inspired by Joinville's chronicle that ironically recreates the hypothetical crusade of a group of Catalans to the Holy Land in the thirteenth century. Azúa portrays the illusions and disappointments of those crusaders, hinting at an echo of his own generation; the narrative combines naivety, refinement and brutality to tell the story of a failure.
It belongs to Anagrama's Compactos collection (no. 73). This edition was published in 2006.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary narrative, especially those seeking an ironic look at the medieval past.
Félix de Azúa Comella is a Spanish professor of aesthetics and philosophy, poet, novelist, essayist and translator, member of Real Academia Española.
