by Benjamín Jarnés · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476728727
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«El cantar de Roldán» is the anonymous chanson de geste published by Edicomunicación in hardcover (159 pages, in Spanish).
The song recounts Charlemagne's campaign in Spain and the negotiations with King Marsile of Zaragoza. Ganelon believes Roland is sending him on a deadly mission and decides to take revenge; Roland remains in command of the Frankish rearguard, and the Battle of Roncevaux becomes an episode of honor, loyalty and sacrifice.
Anonymous work also known as «La Chanson de Roland»; 1999 edition translated by Benjamín Jarnés, with prologue and introduction by Francesc Ll. Cardona, in the Clásicos Universales collection.
Commonly read in schools, also for those approaching medieval classics.
Benjamín Jarnés Y Millán was a Spanish writer. Having been a soldier for a decade, he quit the army in 1920 and published his first novel in 1924. His second novel El profesor inútil met with success and was followed by books such as El convidado de papel (1928) and Teoría del zumbel (1930). He was one of the contributors of the Madrid-based Revista de Occidente and the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934.
