by Joanot Martorell · CLUB EDITOR 1959, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788473291347
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«Tirant el Blanc» is the chivalric novel by Joanot Martorell, published by Club Editor 1959 in paperback (252 pages, in Catalan).
Fifteenth-century chivalric novel narrating Tirant's deeds: battles on land and sea, jousts, banquets and amorous intrigues, with a parodic tone. Joan Sales's adaptation preserves the original tone and highlights its humorous side: battles in nightshirts, jousts with kitchen knives and women weaving politics amid conspiracies.
Volume 9 of the Club Editor jove collection. The original text, «Tirant lo Blanc», was published in 1490 in Valencia.
Recommended for young readers and for compulsory reading for the baccalaureate in Catalonia, with an easy-reading adaptation.
Joanot Martorell was a Valencian knight and writer, best known for authoring the novel Tirant lo Blanch, written in Catalan/Valencian and published at Valencia in 1490. This novel is often regarded as one of the peaks of the literature in Catalan language and it played a major role in influencing later writers such as Miguel de Cervantes, who, in the book burning scene of Don Quixote, says "I swear to you, my friend, this is the best book of its kind in the world". The novel deals with the adventures of a knight in the Byzantine Empire; it is considered one of the first works of alternate history.
