by Juan Ramón Jiménez · BRUGUERA: CLUB · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402071866
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«Platero y yo» is the lyrical prose narrative by poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, published by Bruguera in paperback (283 pages, in Spanish).
Juan Ramón Jiménez composes a series of brief vignettes evoking his walks through Moguer with his donkey Platero. The scenes of the Andalusian village, nature and everyday customs form a lyrical reflection on friendship, childhood and the passage of time.
The work was originally published in 1914; this 1980 edition belongs to the Club Bruguera collection, Literatura Universal, number 21.
Reading for children and adults in the Spanish-speaking world, commonly present in schools as a classic of Spanish poetic prose.
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistic purity". One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the concept of "pure poetry".
