by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan de Galba, Maria Aurèlia Capmany · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788424687083
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«Tirant lo Blanc» is the chivalric novel by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba, published by Seix Barral in paperback (1223 pages, in Catalan).
The work narrates the adventures of the knight Tirant lo Blanc, a medieval hero who faces battles, tournaments and amorous entanglements on a journey that goes from England and Brittany to the Byzantine Empire. Originally written in Catalan in the 15th century, it is considered one of the great chivalric novels and a precursor of the modern novel. The edition, with a prologue by Mario Vargas Llosa, presents the complete text in modern orthography.
The copy belongs to the Biblioteca Breve de Bolsillo collection and is presented in two volumes.
Recommended for readers interested in medieval literature, Catalan classics and the chivalric novel.
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.
