by Joanot Martorell · Castellnou Edicions · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498042696
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«Tirant lo Blanc» is the chivalric novel by Joanot Martorell, published by Castellnou Edicions in paperback (374 pages, in Catalan).
The work narrates the deeds of the knight Tirant lo Blanc: military and political enterprises, love adventures and reflective passages. A key work of Catalan literature, praised by Cervantes, this edition adapts into modern Catalan a selection of notable episodes, linked by a plot summary.
Edition by Isabel Grifoll, PhD in Catalan philology from the University of Barcelona. Third title in the Clàssics Catalans collection.
Recommended as baccalaureate reading in Catalonia and for those wishing to begin with medieval Catalan 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.
