by Gustave Flaubert · Editorial Juventud · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788426128737
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Salammbó» is the historical novel by Gustave Flaubert, published by Editorial Juventud in paperback (318 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Carthage in the 3rd century BC, during the Mercenary War, the novel tells the story of Salammbó, daughter of General Hamilcar Barca, and her bond with Matho, leader of the rebel mercenaries. Flaubert recreates in detail the Punic city and the brutality of the conflict, in a tale of passion and war with scenes of great descriptive power.
The novel was originally published in 1862; this 1995 edition belongs to the Biblioteca de Narradores collection and is translated by Mireia Porta i Arnau.
For readers of historical fiction and for those who want to discover a classic 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.
