by Chrétien de Troyes · Gallimard jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070567379
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«Perceval ou le roman du Graal» is the Arthurian novel by Chrétien de Troyes, published by Gallimard jeunesse in paperback (256 pages, in French).
Perceval grows up apart from the world, ignorant of everything, until one day he meets some knights and decides to go to King Arthur's court to become one of them. Thus begin his adventures: combats, love and the enigma of the Grail, which test his path to knighthood.
The work, composed in the 12th century under the original title Perceval ou le Conte du Graal, is published in the Folio Junior collection and includes a translation by Jean-Pierre Foucher and a preface by Anne Paupert.
Suitable for readers aged 9 to 12, it introduces Arthurian legends and medieval literature to a young audience.
Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects such as Gawain, Lancelot, Perceval, and the Holy Grail. Chrétien's chivalric romances, including Erec and Enide, Lancelot, Perceval, and Yvain, represent some of the best-regarded works of medieval literature. His use of structure, particularly in Yvain, has been seen as a step toward the modern novel.
