by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan de Galba · Edicions Bromera, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476600580
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«Tirant lo Blanc» is the chivalric novel by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba, published by Edicions Bromera in paperback (200 pages, in Catalan).
Tirant is a famous knight whose services are sought by kings and emperors. Humour, irony, eroticism and action combine in a story with far-from-ideal characters who eat, sleep, fight and are vulnerable. Vargas Llosa called it a «total novel»: fiction inspired by the life and customs of the Valencian nobility of the 15th century.
Volume 10 of the Els Nostres Autors collection, with version and notes by Francesc Machirant, introduction by Vicent J. Escartí and illustrations by Manuel Boix. First edition published in 1990.
Young and adult audience; recommended reading from age 14.
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.
