by Prosper Mérimée · Prensa Moderna Impresores · tapa blanda · ISBN 8410018040073
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«Carmen» is the short novel by Prosper Mérimée, published by Bruguera in 1985 in paperback (96 pages, in Spanish).
A scholar traveling through Spain meets José, a soldier, and Carmen, a gypsy of wild beauty and independent spirit. From José's confession is born a story of seduction, jealousy and violence that drags both into a spiral of passion.
This edition is number 3 of the collection «La Novela de Papel», a weekly publication by Bruguera in its first year (1985).
Recommended for readers of classic literature and stories of passion and jealousy set in Spain.
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn, arranging for their preservation. He was instrumental in the creation of Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris, where the tapestries now are displayed. The official database of French monuments, the Base Mérimée, bears his name.
