by Gustave Flaubert · Grupo Axel Springer, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472916982
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«Salambó» is the historical novel by Gustave Flaubert, published by Sarpe in 1984 in paperback (247 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in Carthage in the 3rd century BC, during the Mercenary War, shortly after the defeat against Rome in the First Punic War. The plot centres on Salambó, daughter of General Hamilcar, and the revolt of the mercenaries, with intrigues, passions and clashes for control of the city.
Work originally published in 1862 as Salammbô. It is part of the «Novelas inmortales» collection, number 7, with a translation by Hermenegildo Giner de los Ríos.
Suitable for readers of historical fiction set in Antiquity and for those seeking classics of 19th-century French literature.
Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
