by Juan Ramon Jiménez · Grupo Editorial Tomo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789706665645
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«Platero y yo» is Juan Ramón Jiménez's work of poetic prose, published by Grupo Editorial Tomo in paperback (184 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together a series of lyrical sketches portraying the daily life of a poet and his donkey, Platero, in an Andalusian village. Through simple, evocative scenes, Jiménez captures the relationship between man and animal, the beauty of the rural landscape, childhood and loss, with an intimate tone that has made the work a classic of Spanish literature.
The author received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. Work originally published in 1914.
Suitable for readers approaching a great classic for the first time and for those who enjoy lyrical prose and short stories with a poetic undertone.
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".
