by Marcel Schwob · Valdemar · tapa dura · ISBN 9788477021636
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«Vidas imaginarias & La cruzada de los niños» is the historical fiction work by Marcel Schwob published by Valdemar in hardback (160 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together two pieces: «Vidas imaginarias» offers portraits of historical figures altered by invention and the fantastic; «La cruzada de los niños» narrates the departure of two groups of children from Germany and France towards the Holy Land in the twelfth century, convinced that a miracle would open their way.
It belongs to the Avatares collection from Valdemar, number 24. This edition is from 1996; the «Vidas imaginarias» date from 1896.
For readers of historical fiction and short fiction who appreciate invented biographies and the blend of history and fantasy.
Mayer André Marcel Schwob, known as Marcel Schwob, was a French symbolist writer best known for his short stories and his literary influence on authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Bolaño and Patricio Pron. He has been called a "precursor of Surrealism". In addition to over a hundred short stories, he wrote journalistic articles, essays, biographies, literary reviews and analysis, translations and plays. He was extremely well known and respected during his life and notably befriended a great number of intellectuals and artists of the time.
