by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan de Galba · ISBN 9788475772561
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«Tirant lo Blanc» is the chivalric novel by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba, published in 1969 by Editorial Seix Barral, in Catalan.
The work follows Tirant through a succession of adventures, battles and love, within an epic chivalric story. Considered one of the most important works of Catalan literature, it is also a classic of world literature.
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.
