by Juan Ramón Jiménez · Editores Mexicanos Unidos, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789681500603
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«Platero y yo» is the lyrical prose work by Juan Ramón Jiménez, published by Editores Mexicanos Unidos, S.A., in paperback (157 pages, in Spanish).
The book consists of brief lyrical sketches depicting life in Moguer, a village in Andalusia, through the eyes of a narrator and his donkey, Platero. Its pages portray childhood, humble neighbours and local customs with tenderness, melancholy and a simple, warm prose.
The work was originally published in 1914. This edition belongs to the Juvenil collection of Editores Mexicanos Unidos. Juan Ramón Jiménez received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956.
A work commonly read in schools, appreciated by both young people and adults.
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".
