by Joanot Martorell · Susaeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788430578450
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Tirant lo Blanc is a chivalric romance written by Joanot Martorell. Originally published in Valencian in Valencia in 1490, it narrates land and sea battles, duels, hunts, banquets, political maneuvers, and romantic conquests. This edition by Susaeta, published in 1993, has 380 pages and is bound in paperback.
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.
