by Washington Irving · COMARES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788481515619
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«Cuentos de la Alhambra» is a collection of stories by Washington Irving, published by Editorial Comares in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
This book brings together legends, traditions and characters linked to the Alhambra in Granada, evoking the cultural richness and architectural beauty of the monument through the romantic gaze of Washington Irving. The stories combine history, landscape and fiction to recreate the atmosphere of the place.
The work was originally published in 1832 as Tales of the Alhambra; this Spanish edition appeared in 1998.
For readers interested in travel literature, Romanticism and the legends of Spain.
Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as the Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the Moors. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
