by Joanot Martorell · TRES I QUATRE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475023182
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«El cavaller Tirant lo Blanc» is the chivalric novel by Joanot Martorell, published by Edicions 3 i 4 in paperback (185 pages, in Catalan).
Tirant lo Blanc is a knight who moves between court, love and war in a medieval world; the action includes tournaments, battles, dialogues and moral reflections. Written in Catalan in the 15th century, it is considered a classic of the chivalric genre.
Adapted edition in the Llibres clau collection, with reading guide and glossary prepared by Joan Pellicer and Rosa Giner. Published in 1992 in València.
Aimed at a young and school audience approaching classics in Catalan.
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.
